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World Health Organization

WHO package of essential non-communicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care.

Publication

07 Jul 2020

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors. The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (CVDs like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD and asthma) and diabet...

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International Committee of the Red Cross

Managing projects addressing non-communicable diseases: Operational guidelines for field staff

Guide

03 Jul 2020

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent an increasing global challenge. A majority of NCD-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, where numerous humanitarian crises are currently playing out. An informal, interagency working group was formed to streamline approaches and explore ways to improve NCD management in humanitarian settings. This working group, led by the United Natio...

GuideEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseRefugee and migrant health

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WHO Civil Society Working Group

Civil Society Working Group Statement on NCDs & COVID in the margins of the UN HLPF 2020

Declaration

22 Jun 2020

The COVID - 19 pandemic has exposed health system gaps and vulnerabilities across the world and ha s demonstrated more than ever the need for resilient health systems, especially ones that are equipped to respond to the growing burden of non - communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental disorders . As budgets are reallocated and ministry of health staff are re assigned to respond to the crisis, attent...

DeclarationStrategy documentCivil Society Working GroupEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

WHO HEALTH EVIDENCE NETWORK SYNTHESIS REPORT 68

Report

08 Jun 2020

This report reviews the evidence on existing practices for nutritional and health information labelling on alcoholic products to address the question: “What is the current alcohol labelling practice in the WHO European Region and what are barriers and facilitators to development and implementation of alcohol labelling policy?”

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ASH & AATCLC File Lawsuit Against FDA

Article

03 Jun 2020

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 17, 2020 – Today, The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) held a virtual press conference announcing their joint complaint against the FDA, represented by Pollock Cohen, LLP. The complaint requests that the court compel the FDA to fulfill its mandate to take action on FDA’s own conclusions that it would ben...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+4

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Partnership for Healthy Cities

Welcome to the Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center

Database

03 Jun 2020

Cities are at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. The Partnership for Healthy Cities COVID-19 Response Center is home to practical guidance and tools to support cities in four technical areas: Surveillance and Epidemiology, Communications, Public Health and Social Measures,&nbsp;Legal and Ethical Considerations.

DatabaseMultistakeholder CollaborationCommunicable diseasesEnvironment, climate change and health

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Springer - Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

The potential long-term impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on patients with non-communicable diseases in Europe: consequences for healthy ageing

Publication

26 May 2020

Abstract The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic have focused on containing SARS-CoV-2 infection and identifying treatment strategies. While controlling this communicable disease is of utmost importance, the long-term effect on individuals with non-communicable diseases (NCD) is significant. Although certain NCDs appear to increase the severity of COVID-19 and mortality risk, SARS-CoV-2 infec...

PublicationChronic Respiratory DiseasesCommunicable diseasesHealthy Aging

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World Health Organization

WHO Results Report Programme Budget 2018-2019

Report

20 May 2020

The Programme budget 2018–2019 was last and the largest of the three Programme budgets (2014–2019) of the Twelfth General Programme of Work, 2014–2019. The Health Assembly-approved Programme budget 2018–2019 totalled US$ 4422 million and was presented in two distinct segments.

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United Nations

Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 May 2020

Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not taken. Good mental health is critical to the functioning of society at the best of times. It must be front and centre of every country’s response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental health and wellbeing of whole societies...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

World Health Statistics 2020: A visual summary

Report

14 May 2020

The World Health Statistics 2020 summarizes recent trends in life expectancy and reports on progress towards the main health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets. It also assesses the current availability of those data, and describes how WHO is supporting countries to improve health information systems and global health security. The 2020 edition also incl...

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World Health Organization

World Health Statistics 2020: Monitoring health for the SDGs

Report

14 May 2020

The World Health Statistics 2020 summarizes recent trends in life expectancy and reports on progress towards the main health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets. It also assesses the current availability of those data, and describes how WHO is supporting countries to improve health information systems and global health security. The 2020 edition also incl...

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World Health Organization

World Health Data Platform

Database

14 May 2020

The latest data and reports including the Global Health Observatory, Triple Billion targets, COVID-19 situation, and equity monitoring.&nbsp; &nbsp;

DatabaseCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+5

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