Database
19 Mar 2019
When people think of tobacco, they often think of it as a public health problem, but it is a human rights problem as well. The marketing and sale of tobacco violate the right to health and life of people all around the world. ASH has been working to convince both the tobacco control community and the human rights community that it is time to address tobacco through a human rights based approach. T...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2019
The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) conducted a feasibility study to assess the public health need for – and the feasibility and potential public health impact of – expanding its mandate from HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis C to patented essential medicines in other therapeutic areas. This includes medicines for different type of cancers (e.g. prostate, lung, multiple myeloma), sexual and reproduc...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Feb 2019
Mensajes clave de la UIPES, En los preparativos de la Reunión de Alto Nivel de las Naciones Unidas sobre ENTs Nueva York, Septiembre 2011
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Feb 2019
Messages clé de l’UIPES et du RÉFIPS en prévision du Sommet des Nations Unies sur les MNT à New York, en septembre 2011
Strategy document
20 Feb 2019
In this position statement the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) proposes that it is lack of investment in the necessary health promotion and primary prevention systems that best explains the lack of progress globally on NCDs. Here the IUHPE articulates its position regarding ten system requirements for strengthening health promotion as a primary mechanism for meeting...
Report
18 Feb 2019
This briefing gives an overview of child protection in humanitarian action, including the global interagency minimum standards for child protection. It highlights the necessary actions and available tools to ensure child protection.
Guide
07 Feb 2019
The Food Guide for the Uruguayan population is an informative material that aims to promote a healthy, balanced and pleasurable diet. It was developed with the support of the Pan American Health Organization, UNICEF and FAO.
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to consider the alignment of international cooperation with national NCD plans (Working Group 3.2, 2016–2017). The Working Group was formed under objective 3 (action 3.2) of the GCM/NCD work plan to provide a forum for identif...
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to recommend ways and means of encouraging Member States and non-State actors to promote the inclusion of the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases within responses to HIV/AIDS and programmes for sexual and reproduc...
Fact sheet
27 Nov 2018
This fact sheet describes tobacco use as the one risk factor common to the four main groups of NCDs — cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and diabetes.
Report
27 Nov 2018
This briefing paper highlights the NCD Alliance call for accelerated implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report is on the IEHK, which aimed to meet the initial primary health care needs of a displaced population when medical facilities and the supply chain are disrupted or destroyed in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster or during a conflict.
