Report
12 Nov 2018
This report presents the deliberations and recommendations of the participants of a two-day regional meeting on Strengthening NCD Civil Society Organizations. The meeting was attended by 94 participants, and aimed to stimulate a stronger civil societ...
Report
12 Nov 2018
The determinants and implications of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are spread across diverse sectors within and outside the government. This calls for Member States to set up multisectoral coordination mechanisms (hereafter referred to as “the me...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO to facilitate intragovernmental dialogue for a better understanding of NCD issues b...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report is intended to call attention to the urgent need to accelerate national efforts and invest more resources to fulfill the NCD commitments.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This publication gives a broad vision of what a comprehensive approach to cervical cancer prevention and control means. In particular, it outlines the complementary strategies for comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control, and highlights t...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This is a summary report from the First meeting of African Ministers of Health, jointly convened by the AUC and WHO Luanda, Angola, 14–15 April, 2014.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This document on national coordination for tobacco control provides guidance to enable Member States to establish and strengthen coordination of tobacco-control efforts in their respective countries, in that tobacco control is not just a health issue...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This report outlines various strategies for the cardiovascular community to improve tobacco control in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This guidance document aims to ensure that the health sector works with partners in the environment and other related communities, and follows a systematic process to: Engage in the overall NAP process at the national level; identify national strateg...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document details the structure and responsibilities of the WHO Civil Society Working Group on the third high level meeting on NCDs. The Working Group’s aim was to advise the Director-General on bold and practical recommendations on mobilizing...
Report
17 Oct 2018
In this report, the World Health Organization maps out what countries can do to modify their financing systems so they can move more quickly towards this goal - universal coverage - and sustain the gains that have been achieved. The report builds on...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This paper discusses the theoretical foundations of earmarking, and it analyses country experience with earmarking for health and its impact on health sector budgets and the broader fiscal environment. The goal is to provide useful information to hea...
