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BMJ Global Health, Global Healthcare Information Network CIC

Universal access to essential health information: accelerating progress towards universal health coverage and other SDG health targets

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10 Apr 2025

Geoff Royston, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Chris Zielinski.&nbsp;BMJ Global Health&nbsp;2020;5:e002475. https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/5/e002475 &nbsp;&nbsp;ABSTRACT: The information that people need to protect and manage their own health and the health of those for whom they are responsible is a fundamental element of an effective people-centred healthcare system. Achieving universal health coverage (UHC)...

PublicationDigital health and innovationGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+3

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HEALTH GROUPS FILE SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST THE US FDA

Article

02 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 2, 2024 – The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), and the National Medical Association (NMA), represented by Christopher Leung of Leung Law PLLC, have filed a second lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the agency’s inaction on issuing a final rule banning menthol cigarettes. This...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+4

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World Stroke Organization

A collective call to action in the lead-up to the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

Publication

02 Apr 2025

Stroke Action Now is a global advocacy report prepared by the Global Stroke Action Coalition. It outlines the burden of stroke, evidence-based solutions, and five urgent actions for governments and partners in the lead-up to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs.

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World Health Organization

Health science and policy summaries- advanced draft

Publication

28 Mar 2025

The WHO Air Quality, Energy and Health Science and Policy Summaries (SPS) provide concise overviews of current knowledge and evidence on topics related to air quality, energy access, climate change, and health. These summaries aim to support decision-makers by presenting key insights from scientific research.

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+2

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International League of Dermatological Societies

Explore Data: Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas

Database

27 Mar 2025

Explore atopic dermatitis prevalence around the world.This resource is part of the Global Atopic Dermatitis Atlas (GADA) living evidence synthesis workstream. Currently, there is no sustainable resource providing long-term data on the prevalence and incidence of atopic dermatitis. This living systematic review aims to provide robust epidemiological data regularly updating the AD burden maps linked...

DatabaseCivil Society Working GroupMultistakeholder Collaboration

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Cancer Control Ontario, Ontario Health

A Palliative Care Approach for Primary Care from Cancer Control Ontario

Guide

26 Mar 2025

Integrating a palliative care approach earlier in the disease trajectory improves the quality of living and dying, and relieves suffering for patients and families living with life-limiting illnesses. This tool outlines the approach through three steps:&nbsp;Identify- Ask the Surprise QuestionAssess: Symptoms, Performance Status, Understanding of the Patient/FamilyPlan/Manage: Advance Care Plannin...

GuideCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Journal of Migration and Health

Research priorities for cardiometabolic syndrome in humanitarian settings: A global consensus-based agenda

Article

24 Mar 2025

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. The burden of NCDs largely falls on low- and middle- income countries, where the majority of humanitarian crises fall. Already fragile health care systems in acute and protracted crisis settings struggle to meet the increasing needs of people living with NCDs. Cardio-Metabolic Syndrome (CMS), in particular, is...

ArticleEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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BMJ Global Health

Integrating tobacco cessation in chronic respiratory disease care: a comprehensive approach to reducing the global burden

Article

21 Mar 2025

This newly published commentary in BMJ Global Health highlights the urgent need to integrate tobacco cessation into chronic respiratory disease (CRD) care as a key strategy to reduce the global burden of CRDs.It presents a comprehensive approach that includes strengthening smoke-free environments, enhancing hospital- and community-based cessation services, protecting vulnerable populations, and le...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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United for Global Mental Health

Mental Health in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs): Current State and Opportunities for Integration

Report

19 Mar 2025

The objective of this briefing by United for Global Mental Health is to provide policy makerswith an overview of mental health in Nationally Determined Contributions to date as well as possible entry points for the inclusion of mental health in NDCs.

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

PHC/GHI Toolbox

16 Mar 2025

The aim of the PHC/GHI Toolbox&nbsp;is to provide practical information on PHC that can be used when assisting countries to access and optimally use GHI and other donor funding. It contains a PHC GHI Resources database to enable access to up-to-date resources to support countries in their efforts to reorient health systems towards PHC as well as overviews of GHIs, case studies, a COVID-19 funding...

Health system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

E-Cigarettes: A New Threat to Cardiovascular Health

Publication

11 Mar 2025

Electronic nicotine delivery systems, such as e-cigarettes, have been heavily marketed as safer alternatives to conventional cigarettes, fueling the misconception that such products are harmless.However, evidence shows that electronic cigarettes are far from innocuous, particularly to the heart. Their aerosols contain harmful substances typically found in tobacco smoke, along with new toxicants un...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotionTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Atlas of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2021)

Report

11 Mar 2025

This first WHO report Assessing palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, developed in collaboration with the ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care based at the University of Navarra, provides a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the situation of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The findings are presented in clear and simple graphics, tables, figures...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+3

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