Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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World Health Organization, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in Armenia: the case for investment

Report

16 May 2025

Noncommunicable diseases (‎NCDs)‎ such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Armenia. This report provides evidence through three analyses that NCDs reduce economic output and discusses potential options in response, outlining details of their relative returns on investmen...

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth promotion

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WHO, UNDP, NCD Taskforce

Catalyzing country action for NCDs and mental health governance and investment

Publication

20 Aug 2024

To scale up noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health country action, funding was provided to the Secretariat of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Controls of NCDs by the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership for activities to be jointly undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). These activities were conducte...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesGender, equity and human rights+3

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NCD Alliance

UN Health4Life Fund

Case study

08 Jul 2024

This is the second paper in the NCD Alliance series Everybody's Business: A series on bold actions to close the NCD funding gap. Although they are largely preventable, NCDs and their related risk factors remain overwhelmingly neglected by development financing. If left unaddressed, NCDs pose a substantial threat to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals Goal 3 (Good Health). Given...

Case studyHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Health4Life Fund: Info Brochure

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 Apr 2024

The Health4Life Fund (the UN Multi-Partner Trust to Catalyze Country Action for Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health) has been established to galvanize domestic financing and scale up country action for the prevention and control of NCDs and for improving mental health.The Fund supports governments, the UN development system and other partners to work together towards common NCD and mental...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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United Nations

What is a "good practice"? A framework to analyse the quality of stakeholder engagement in implementation and follow-up of the 2030 Agenda

Guide

31 Mar 2023

Developed by UN DESA and UNDP, this analytical framework is a tool to enable governments, stakeholders, and development partners to examine and strengthen the quality of their stakeholder engagement practices at different stages of the 2030 Agenda cycle, including considering the impact of COVID-19. It is hoped that this tool will help improve stakeholder engagement practices, foster dialogue, and...

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UNDP

Leaving No One Behind: Impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Report

22 Oct 2021

This groundbreaking research considers impact of COVID-19 on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using futures modeling in three potential recovery scenarios, capturing the multidimensional effects of the pandemic over the next decade. The studies find that while the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 are set to widen the gap between people living in rich and poor countries, countries on...

ReportCommunicable diseases

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UNDP

Investing in care: a pathway to gender-responsive COVID-19 recovery

Report

22 Oct 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the global crisis in care and countries’ heavy dependence on women’s unpaid care work. Drawing on data from Europe and Central Asia and Asia-Pacific, this brief presents the case for urgent investment in a care economy. It offers comprehensive policy recommendations that involve a wide range of stakeholders to strengthen investment in the care economy and advance...

ReportGender, equity and human rights

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United Nations Development Programme

SparkBlue

Database

03 Aug 2020

SparkBlue is an online engagement community powered by UNDP. Spark an Idea, Spark a Conversation, Spark Change. &nbsp;

Database

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WHO REgional Office for Europe, UNDP, UNIATIF

Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Armenia: The Case for Investment

Report

18 Jun 2019

This economic analysis makes the case for investing in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Armenia. Through three comprehensive analyses—economic burden, intervention costing, and return on investment—the report demonstrates the significant human and economic toll of NCDs, which accounted for 6.5% of Armenia’s GDP in 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp;Key findings:&nbsp;362.7 bill...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+14
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Guidance Note On The Integration Of Noncommunicable Diseases Into The United Nations Development Assistance Framework

Report

07 Jan 2019

The purpose of this publication is to provide guidance on how to integrate NCDs into the UNDAF.1 The guidance is in line with the "WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013-2020" and other relevant global, regional and national mandates and frameworks.

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Preventing and Controlling Noncommunicable Diseases

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Jan 2019

This Issue Brief describes why scaled up action on NCDs is integral for sustainable development. It presents UNDP’s ongoing global and regional work with partners on NCDs, and outlines opportunities for UNDP to help strengthen NCD responses at different levels in the context of supporting countries to mainstream and implement Agenda 2030.

Briefs & Fact SheetsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Climate Change and Labor: Impacts of Heat in the Workplace

Report

02 Jan 2019

&nbsp;This report looks at the impact of rising temperatures due to climate change on the workforce. Rising heat in the workplace implies severe effects for Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and emerging economies with high concentrations of outdoor labour and industrial and service sector workers operating in ineffectively climate controlled conditions.

ReportEnvironment, climate change and health

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