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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Avoidable mortality, risk factors and policies for tackling noncommunicable diseases – leveraging data for impact: monitoring commitments in the WHO European Region ahead of the Fourth United Nations High-Level Meeting

Report

27 Jun 2025

Noncommunicable diseases (‎NCDs)‎, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, remain the leading cause of death and disability in the WHO European Region. Approximately 1.8 million deaths annually are avoidable, with 60% preventable through reduced exposure to risk factors and public health interventions, and 40% treatable with timely and high-quality...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+7

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WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Respiratory Society

Chronic respiratory diseases in the WHO European Region

Report

12 Jun 2025

This report on chronic respiratory diseases (‎CRDs)‎ in the WHO European Region, developed by WHO and the European Respiratory Society (‎ERS)‎, highlights that despite progress in reducing CRD mortality, their burden and related inequities remain high.Within the Region, disparities are evident, with high CRD prevalence in the western part, but high hospitalization and mortality rates in th...

ReportChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and health+4

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Addressing health determinants in a digital age: project report

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31 Jan 2025

The aim of this project was to develop a conceptual framework and provide a common understanding of health determinants in a digital age in light of the emergence of digital determinants of health and the digital transformations of social, political, and commercial and economic determinants. A scoping review was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science and Google Scholar. Relevant data were ex...

PublicationDigital health and innovation

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Institutionalizing social participation in health policy for better performing health systems: policy lessons from the field

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20 Nov 2024

Social participation is increasingly acknowledged as essential to making health policies that respond to people’s experiences, expectations and needs, and as a key driver of equitable, inclusive and responsive health systems. This policy brief offers insights into how to institutionalize social participation in health policy. It shares seven key principles for institutionalization, along with ca...

PublicationMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesNCD LabSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

Measuring the global diabetes targets in the WHO European Region: key learnings

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11 Nov 2024

Five global diabetes targets were developed to strengthen the prevention and control of diabetes. This report summarizes the early learning from the initiative of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to establish a robust assessment of performance against the five global diabetes targets in the WHO European Region.&nbsp;The report is accompanied by in-depth country case studies. The WHO Regional Off...

PublicationDiabetesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Why using a gender approach can accelerate noncommunicable disease prevention and control in the WHO European Region

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25 Oct 2024

Noncommunicable diseases (‎NCDs)‎ are the main causes of ill health for women and men in the WHO European Region. NCD indicators in all countries reveal important differences between men and women across the life-course. Biology is important in shaping these differences, but it does not explain them all. Gender norms and roles put women and men at different levels of exposure and vulnerability...

PublicationGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Implementation research for prevention of noncommunicable disease risk factors in the WHO European Region

Report

11 Oct 2024

This report aims to outline how IR can accelerate progress towards reducing the prevalence of NCDs and premature mortality due to them, aligned to WHO and Sustainable Development Goal targets of a 33% reduction. It describes terminology related to IR and its role in improving implementation of health policies, programmes and services, and presents lessons learned from the initial phases of two pil...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Commercial Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases in the WHO European Region

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14 Aug 2024

This report highlights the substantial impact of commercial determinants on noncommunicable diseases (‎NCDs)‎ in the WHO European Region. Nearly 7500 deaths per day in the Region are attributed to commercial determinants, such as tobacco, alcohol, processed food, fossil fuels and occupational practices. These commercial products and practices contribute to 25% of all deaths in the Region. The...

PublicationMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Report of the Global High-level Technical Meeting on NCDs in humanitarian settings

Report

19 May 2024

The Global high-level technical meeting on noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings: building resilient health systems, leaving no one behind, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) was held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27 to 29 February 2024. The meeting was co-hosted by the Governments of Denmark, Jordan and Kenya, and was supported by t...

ReportEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe

Primary health care policy and practice: implementing for better results - Youth-led outcome statement

Report

30 Oct 2023

The development of the outcome statement was led by youth representatives from the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s Youth4Health network, the WHO Youth Council, the WHO Primary Health Care Young Leaders Network and UNICEF youth representatives. An online written consultation process was organized from 3 to 12 October during which more than 100 comments were received. The final result is a youth-...

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Multisectoral and intersectoral action for improved health and well-being for all: mapping of the WHO European Region

Case study

31 Mar 2023

Achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the strategic objectives of Health 2020, requires an innovative and new model of governance. A mapping exercise was undertaken by the Governance for Health Programme to identify instances of multisectoral and intersectoral action for improved health and well-being for all and to share best practices for multisectoral and intersectoral heal...

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Public–private partnerships for health care infrastructure and services: policy considerations for middle-income countries in Europe

Briefs & Fact Sheets

31 Mar 2023

There is increasing interest in using public–private partnerships (PPPs) to mobilize funds for and enable reforms of health systems. This report provides a review of PPP models currently being used or considered in the WHO European Region. It finds that, in comparison with other models of engagement with the private sector, PPPs have led to good outcomes in terms of post-contractual cost-certain...

Briefs & Fact Sheets

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