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World Hepatitis Alliance

World Hepatitis Alliance’s Response to the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration of the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

28 May 2025

The World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) and our network of 400 civil society and community organisations across more than 100 countries welcome the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration for the High-Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs and Mental Health. WHA has prepared this suggested text for the Zero Draft and encourage Member States to include the proposed amendment in the political declaration on NCDs an...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionCommunicable diseases
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World Hepatitis Alliance

Beating cancer through hepatitis elimination – working together to reduce NCDs

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28 May 2025

Liver cancer is the third most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide, with the majority of liver cancer cases caused by viral hepatitis. The tools to eliminate hepatitis exist, with modelling finding that meeting the WHO hepatitis elimination targets for testing and treatment by 2030 is cost-effective for health systems.&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite this, action to incorporate funded hepatitis interventio...

PublicationCancerMultisectoral ActionCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Strengthening noncommunicable disease integration in all-hazards emergency preparedness and response

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 May 2025

This policy brief is a collaborative initiative between the WHO Department of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD), Rehabilitation and Disability, and the WHO Health Emergency programme. It was informed by a landscaping review (2021-2022) of public health practices in recent emergency responses to both acute and protracted crises, based primarily on: 1) internal and unpublished WHO documentation (includ...

Briefs & Fact SheetsReportCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Settings for planetary health and well-being: Considerations for the theme of the 25th Global Conference of IUHPE, Abu Dhabi, 2025

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27 Nov 2024

Concept note about the IUHPE 2025 Conference, published in IUHPE's quarterly journal, Global Health Promotion. Also available in French and Spanish.

ArticleMultistakeholder CollaborationCommunicable diseasesEnvironment, climate change and health
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World Health Organization

A Global Cancer Workforce in Crisis: How to Build Capacities, Reverse a Threatening Trend, and Promote Equity (London Global Cancer Week)

Article

08 Nov 2024

Date: 11 November 2024 Time: 10:00 – 12:30 GMT Register here:&nbsp;https://tinyurl.com/yvtwbvhx Together with leading experts, UN agencies, and national program managers, we’ll explore:&nbsp; Current workforce challenges and trends in cancer care globally Data-driven insights from the field Innovative local solutions and cross-border approaches Don’t miss this opportunit...

ArticleDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentCommunicable diseasesDisability and rehabilitation+2

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IPCRG

IPCRG October Newsletter 2024

Briefs & Fact Sheets

31 Oct 2024

This month's edition is packed with great stories from across the world including the spread of our Right Care programmes and updates on two global health research programmes.&nbsp; If you're an early career researcher, there's plenty here for you too, profiling one of your peers, and giving more information about our scientific meeting in Brasov, Romania next year.&nbsp; We also feature the diagn...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Basic occupational safety and health for respiratory diseases: A desk guide for health facilities

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09 Sep 2024

The first edition of&nbsp;Basic occupational safety and health for respiratory diseases: A desk guide for health facilities&nbsp;outlines a comprehensive approach to respiratory health, which health facilities can adapt and implement in resource-limited settings.&nbsp; The topics that are covered include definitions of occupational safety, basics of respiratory micro-organisms and how they are...

PublicationChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultistakeholder CollaborationCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, World Diabetes Foundation

Management of Diabetes Mellitus-Tuberculosis - A Guide to the Essential Practice

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09 Sep 2024

This resource provides practical guidance for front line health workers responsible for the diagnosis, management and care of patients with these two diseases. Published in collaboration with the World Diabetes Foundation.

PublicationDiabetesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseases+1

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Tanzania Diabetes Association, Tanzania NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation

Tanzania Merges HIV and Diabetes Care to Tackle NCD Crisis

Article

08 May 2024

Non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes have emerged as serious health crises in developing countries, as HIV was a decade ago. New models of primary health care that combine NCD and HIV care are catching on – and Tanzania is implementing this approach.

ArticleDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

2023 World Heart Federation Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Rheumatic Heart Disease

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24 Mar 2024

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is an important and preventable cause of morbidity and mortality among children and young adults in low-income and middle-income countries, as well as among certain at-risk populations living in high-income countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2012 World Heart Federation echocardiographic criteria provided a standardized approach for the identification of RHD and facilitated an...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Human papillomavirus and cancer

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of 200 known viruses. They do not cause concerns in most people, but infection with some high-risk types is common and can cause genital warts or cancer. In 90% of people the body controls the infection by itself. Persistent HPV infection with high-risk HPV types is the cause of cervical cancer and is associated with cancers of th...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

HIV and AIDS

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Dec 2023

Key facts HIV remains a major global public health issue, having claimed 40.4 million [32.9–51.3 million] lives so far with ongoing transmission in all countries globally; with some countries reporting increasing trends in new infections when previously on the decline. There were an estimated 39.0 million [33.1–45.7 million] people living with HIV at the end of 2022, two thirds of whom...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCommunicable diseases

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