Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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Union for International Cancer Control

Tobacco control infographics

Fact sheet

12 May 2024

Download various infographics demonstrating how quitting smoking can have tangible positive effects and other tobacco key facts.

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BMJ, Thorax

Availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross sectional study

Article

07 May 2024

Contemporary data on the availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are missing, despite most people with CRDs living in LMICs. Cross-sectional data for seven CRD medicines in pharmacies, healthcare facilities and central medicine stores were collected from 60 LMICs in 2022–2023. Medici...

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Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & its Protocols

Integration of WHO FCTC implementation with the control and prevention of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

07 May 2024

This report has been prepared to assist Parties to the Convention and others working on tobacco control and on the control and prevention of NCDs to create and capitalize on synergies between the implementation of the WHO FCTC and national NCD control efforts, in line with decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control.&nbsp;

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Palliative Medicine

Primary palliative care in low- and middle- income countries: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the evidence for models and outcomes.

Article

01 May 2024

What is already known about this topic?•• &nbsp;Serious health-related suffering is predicted to more than double in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by 2060.•• &nbsp;Primary care is ‘widely regarded as the most inclusive, equitable and cost-effective way to achieve universal health coverage’ and should include palliative care and symptom management according to the World Healt...

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World Health Organization

Tackling NCDs Best buys and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

30 Apr 2024

This document provides an updated list of “best buys” and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is based on Appendix 3 of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, which was first approved in 2013 and last updated in 2017. The global action plan, which was extended to 2030 by a World Health Assembly d...

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International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

FIP NCDs microsite

Database

20 Apr 2024

Visit the FIP microsite on NCDs to access all FIP Programme on NCDs publications, event recordings and other resources and tools.

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Global Initiative for Asthma

Global strategy for asthma management and prevention

Report

18 Apr 2024

The&nbsp;Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention&nbsp;incorporates new scientific information about asthma&nbsp;based on a review of recent scientific literature by an international panel of experts on the GINA Science Committee. This comprehensive and practical resource about one of the most common chronic lung diseases worldwide contains extensive citations from the scientific liter...

ReportChronic Respiratory Diseases

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International Primary Care Respiratory Group

Asthma Right Care Key Resources

Briefs & Fact Sheets

17 Apr 2024

This website entails several resources related to Asthma Right Care initiative. These include: 1. Question and challenge cards - useful for icebreakers, chats, discussion fora, social media 2. Asthma SABA Slide rule - which explores how many puffs of their short acting beta agonist (SABA) inhaler the individual is using, how this compares to the international guideline advice, and, on the re...

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International Primary Care Respiratory Group

COPD Right Care

Briefs & Fact Sheets

17 Apr 2024

In 2021, the IPCRG initiated the COPD Right Care programme that&nbsp;follows&nbsp;the principles of the successful&nbsp;Asthma Right Care&nbsp;movement. We are building a global social movement to improve care for people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We want to show who people with COPD are, what optimal and safe treatment looks like and why personalisation through shar...

Briefs & Fact SheetsChronic Respiratory Diseases

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HelpAge International

Healthy Ageing - self care guide

Publication

05 Apr 2024

This guide focuses on self-care and healthy lifestyle choices to support us to achieve healthy ageing. This includes our participation in holding our government accountable for its commitments and to be engaged in decision making about health and care services in our community and beyond. This guide is for everyone interested in achieving healthy ageing. We hope it will be useful for people liv...

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HelpAge International

Community Health Volunteer training manual and facilitator guide for older people

Publication

05 Apr 2024

Community health volunteer training manual (213 pages) - This manual is to be used by trainers responsible for training community health volunteers. The manual can also be shared with community health volunteers to enable them to return to the content when needed and should also be accompanied with the self-care manual as a job aid. This training mainly focuses on Community health care voluntee...

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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations

Reinforcing collaboration on Universal Health Coverage to deliver greater global health equity and health security

Strategy document

04 Apr 2024

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is defined to mean that everyone, everywhere, should have access to the health services (health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment) they need without risking falling into financial hardship. UHC is a major cornerstone of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is the backbone of robust health systems that are needed to deliver greater global...

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