Australia
22 Oct 2020
With so many Australians consuming food served at publicly-funded institutions - like schools, workplaces and hospitals - on a daily basis, these facilities are well placed to influence healthy eating through good nutrition policy.
22 Oct 2020
Australia
22 Oct 2020
The George Institute for Global Health welcomes the decision by Ministers of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministers Forum to improve alcohol labelling but fears the lost opportunity to optimize the health benefits of the Health Star Rating system.
22 Oct 2020
Greece
01 Sep 2020
Athens is one of the oldest recorded cities in the world – with the great Parthenon overlooking the city as a reminder of perseverance and endurance. With age often comes wisdom. As COVID-19 swept across Europe, Greece started implementing nationwide measures to contain the virus, including cancellation of major public gatherings and lock-down measures. The city of Athens followed these measures...
01 Sep 2020
Timor-Leste
22 Jul 2020
WHO has provided Timor-Leste non-communicable diseases (NCD) kits to prevent the additional risk of comorbidity and mortality from NCDs and strengthen essential health services amidst the current global COVID-19 pandemic. Three sets of NCD kits were handed over to the Ministry of Health, Timor-Leste, to enhance the country’s response to COVID-19 as a part of WHO’s efforts to ensure restorat...
22 Jul 2020
Costa Rica
20 Jun 2020
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced Costa Rica to declare a health emergency. This led to the suspension of scheduled outpatient care at a time when there were already unmet health care needs. Other issues of concern to the Costa Rican Social Security Fund included health personnel being potentially exposed to patients with COVID-19 in intensive care units, the risks involved in suspending e...
20 Jun 2020
Portugal
25 Mar 2020
On World Obesity Day, 4 March, we highlight the success Portugal has had in tackling childhood obesity – one of the main health challenges in the WHO European Region – with their sugary drinks tax. Childhood obesity is a complex public health issue – caused by many factors, it intersects significantly with socioeconomic status. As obesity can establish behaviours at a young and vulnerable ag...
25 Mar 2020
Trinidad and Tobago
10 Mar 2020
Two generations of Maverick Collective Members, Julia Lourie and Kathy Vizas, co-founder of TogetHER for Health, advocated and invested in PSI’s cervical cancer programming across several developing countries. The advocates and investors of cervical cancer and HPV work converged on a project in Trinidad & Tobago that echoes the World Health Organization’s (WHO) profound message: cervical c...
10 Mar 2020
Mexico
10 Mar 2020
Mexico approved a new warning labelling regulation for food and beverages in January, but industry groups have appealed against it. After a 2019 reform of the General Health Law and after an open consultation with all sectors, the Mexican regulatory agencies approved modifications to the Mexican Norm NOM-051, the relevant official mandatory standard, for an ambitious front of package (FOP) warning...
10 Mar 2020
Jamaica
06 Mar 2020
Since World Diabetes Day on 14 November 2019, the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Wellness and the National Consumers’ League, has been leading a new mass media campaign to encourage Jamaicans to make healthier choices. The new campaign tagline is: "What's in Our Food? Give us the Facts". The campaign urges Jamaicans to think about the content...
06 Mar 2020
Kyrgyzstan
19 Feb 2020
Kyrgyzstan has made strides in treating type 1 diabetes in recent years. To name a few: the condition is now on a list of priority NCDs of the Kyrgyz Republic. The national health system covers all types of insulin for children and youth up to 29 years old, and a new mobile app for type 1 management has been developed and piloted. Yet youth with type 1 diabetes in this central Asian country sti...
19 Feb 2020
Brazil
27 May 2019
On 21 May, the Office of the Attorney-General of Brazil filed a lawsuit at the Federal Court of Rio Grande do Sul against the largest tobacco corporations in Brazil and their parent companies abroad, to seek recovery of healthcare costs related to the treatment of tobacco-induced diseases. The claim covers costs generated in the Brazilian healthcare system for the treatment of patients suffering f...
27 May 2019
Afghanistan
20 Mar 2019
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are currently causing an estimated 109 000 deaths every year in Afghanistan. In order to address this burden, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners deployed the NCD emergency kit in four primary health care centers in different provinces with declared emergencies. The Kit supports treatment for...
20 Mar 2019
