WHO Regional Office for the Americas
Jamaica Tobacco Country Report
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
Charts showing Jamaica's status in several key areas of the FCTC and how it compares with the rest of the Region of the Americas.
218 Resources
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WHO Regional Office for Africa
The Work of WHO in the African Region, 2010: Report of the Regional Director
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report on the work of WHO in the African Region 2010, presents the progress made in the first year of the biennium and has been prepared for submission to the sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa.
WHO Regional Office for Africa
Fact sheet: Chronic respiratory diseases
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on chronic respiratory disease, its risk factors, burden, and WHO response in the African Region.
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Role of legislation in preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on the roles of legislation and legal interventions in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.
World Health Organization
Guidelines for primary health care in low-resource settings
Guide
17 Oct 2018
These guidelines provide recommendations on the diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes and the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care in low-resource settings.
World Health Organization
Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into primary health care. A WHO guide for planners, implementers and managers.
Guide
16 Oct 2018
The World Health Assembly has resolved that palliative care is “an ethical responsibility of health systems” and that integration of palliative care into public health care systems is essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal on universal health coverage (WHA 67.19). Yet palliative care and symptom relief are rarely accessible in a number of countries. As a result,...
World Health Organization
Why palliative care is an essential function of primary health care
Publication
07 Aug 2018
"Why Palliative Care is an Essential Function of Primary Health Care" emphasizes that integrating palliative care into primary health care is crucial for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and improving the quality of life for patients with serious illnesses. Palliative care addresses not only physical symptoms but also psychological, social, and spiritual suffering, making it an ethical re...
Action on Smoking and Health
Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-free World
Declaration
18 Mar 2018
The Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World, affirming that the production, marketing and sale of tobacco products is incompatible with basic human rights, has been adopted by over 150 organizations and prominent public health leaders from around the globe. The evidence is irrefutable, cigarettes kill more than five million people every year, yet the tobacco industry c...
World Health Organization
Integrating palliative care and symptom relief into the response to humanitarian emergencies and crises.
Guide
11 Mar 2018
Responses to humanitarian emergencies and crises rarely provide palliative care, the discipline devoted to preventing and relieving suffering rather than to specific diseases, organs or technical skills.This guide, the fourth in a series of World Health Organization (WHO) guidance documents on palliative care, describes the medical and moral necessity of integrating palliative care and pain relief...
World Health Organization
Asbestos: elimination of asbestos-related diseases
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2018
Key facts About 125 million people in the world are exposed to asbestos at the workplace. All forms of asbestos, including chrysotile, are carcinogenic to humans. What is asbestos? Asbestos is a group of naturally occurring fibrous minerals with current or historical commercial usefulness due to their extraordinary tensile strength, poor heat conduction, and relative resistance t...
The Lancet
Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief-an imperative of universal health coverage.
Article
13 Oct 2017
In agonising, crippling pain from lung cancer, Mr S came to the palliative care service in Calicut, Kerala, from an adjoining district a couple of hours away by bus. His body language revealed the depth of the suffering.We put Mr S on morphine, among other things. A couple of hours later, he surveyed himself with disbelief. He had neither hoped nor conceived of the possibility that this kind of re...
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Armenia STEPS Survey 2016: Tobacco Fact Sheet
Fact sheet
18 Jun 2016
This Tobacco Fact Sheet presents national data from the 2016 Armenia STEPS Survey on tobacco use and control indicators for adults aged 18–69. It provides insights into smoking prevalence, quit attempts, secondhand smoke exposure, and awareness of tobacco-related messaging and advertising. Key Highlights: Tobacco Use: 27.8% of adults currently use tobacco; 51.5% of men and 1.8% o...