Case study
28 May 2024
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions have a profound impact on societies, communities and individuals around the world. Their risk factors and determinants extend beyond the traditional health sector. Addressing this complex c...
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...
Report
24 Apr 2024
The second World Heart Report aims to equip policymakers and advocates worldwide with a consolidated analysis of the links between air pollution and cardiovascular disease. The goal is to identify concrete actions that can mitigate the harmful effect...
Report
18 Apr 2024
The Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention incorporates new scientific information about asthma based on a review of recent scientific literature by an international panel of experts on the GINA Science Committee. This co...
Report
05 Apr 2024
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a significant threat to the health and well-being of populations affected by humanitarian crises. Globally, factors such as ageing populations, increased life expectancy, and lifestyle factors have shifted the di...
Database
25 Mar 2024
As part of its commitment to “kidney health for everyone, everywhere,’ and in keeping with the vision statement of ‘ensuring equitable kidney health worldwide,’ the ISN has created an Observatory of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology...
Report
20 Mar 2024
Today, no country in the world is on track to reach the target to ‘halt the rise’ of obesity prevalence by 2030, as set in 2013 by the World Health Organization and approved by all governments. In reality, rather than a zero increase, the World O...
Report
11 Mar 2024
The latest annual report from the Global Psoriasis Atlas (GPA), detailing the structure and objectives of the atlas, as well as progress made in their four key research areas in the last year. One particular focal point of this report is SKINSCAPE, t...
Report
10 Mar 2024
The annual report released for World Obesity Day 2024, by the World Obesity Federation. This report depicts obesity and its consequences. Rising obesity rates across the world reveal massive gaps in healthcare and nutrition, with poorest populat...
Report
07 Mar 2024
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) report, "Palliative Care: How Can We Respond to 10 Years of Limited Progress," highlights the slow advancement in global palliative care despite the 2014 World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19, which call...
Report
07 Mar 2024
Delve into “Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward” that examines the critical need for immediate and sustained investment in mental health worldwide. Key findings from the report include: The global annual...
Report
22 Feb 2024
The SharE-RR Toolkit provides invaluable insights and strategies for establishing and maintaining renal registries across various economic landscapes, from high-income to low-income countries.
