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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Fact sheet: Cardiovascular Diseases

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on cardiovascular disease, its risk factors, burden, and WHO response in the African Region.

Fact sheetCardiovascular Disease

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Fact sheet: Physical Activity

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on physical activity, recommendations, and WHO response in the African Region.

Fact sheetCardiovascular DiseasePhysical inactivity

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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.

Fact sheetCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+7

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Smoking and cardiovascular disease in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet outlines key messages to the public, women, youth and cardiologists on smoking and cardiovascular health.

Fact sheetCardiovascular DiseaseTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

How can the cardiovascular community improve tobacco control?

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This report outlines various strategies for the cardiovascular community to improve tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

Strategy documentCardiovascular DiseaseMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotionTobacco use+2

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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 G...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and services+4

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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 se...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+5

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Action on Smoking and Health

Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-free World

Declaration

18 Mar 2018

&nbsp;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 h...

DeclarationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupGender, equity and human rightsTobacco use+6

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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 Hea...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+6

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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...

ArticlePublicationReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesGender, equity and human rights+7

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

The WHF Roadmap for Reducing CV Morbidity and Mortality Through Prevention and Control of RHD

Publication

01 May 2017

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based polici...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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Healthy Caribbean Coalition

HCC Civil Society Action Plan 2017-2021: Preventing Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean

Publication

01 Jan 2017

The Healthy Caribbean Coalition’s (HCC’s) Civil Society Action Plan 2017-2021: Preventing Childhood Obesity in the Caribbean was developed to guide the response of Caribbean civil society to global, regional, and national recognition of the incre...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupMultisectoral ActionHealth promotionNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+6

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