Report
22 Feb 2019
On 5–6 November 2018, the first General Meeting of the GCM/NCD was held in Geneva, Switzerland, to reinforce the commitment of the participants to accelerated multisectoral and multistakeholder action to achieve SDG target 3.4
Guide
11 Jan 2019
The global economic toll of NCDs is staggering – ensuring increased and sustained investments in NCD prevention and control is paramount. NCD financing, like most global funding mechanisms, is a complex, intricate web of stakeholders, global...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Jan 2019
This Issue Brief describes why scaled up action on NCDs is integral for sustainable development. It presents UNDP’s ongoing global and regional work with partners on NCDs, and outlines opportunities for UNDP to help strengthen NCD responses at diff...
Report
02 Jan 2019
This document summarizes the online discussion Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity? which was held on FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum).
Report
06 Dec 2018
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Uzbekistan. This report provides evidence through th...
Report
06 Dec 2018
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Belarus. This report provides evidence that NCDs red...
Report
03 Dec 2018
This report provides a summary of cost-effectiveness studies conducted on programmes for the prevention of type 2 diabetes, in order to support evidence-based policy that will most effectively reduce the human and economic burden of type 2 diabetes....
Report
27 Nov 2018
This publication identifies the local and Europe-wide challenges of implementing diabetes evidence into practice and makes recommendations based on the findings.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Nov 2018
This policy brief provides key messages and an overview of dementia as a public health priority, including country preparedness, research prioritization, and health and social systems development.
Report
26 Nov 2018
This report documents the success achieved in reducing the epilepsy treatment gap by managing epilepsy at a primary health-care level in China. It also presents the lessons derived for the development of effective and sustainable epilepsy scaling up...
Report
26 Nov 2018
This report explores potential reasons for this apparent contradiction between cherished human values and observed social actions view to better formulating concrete steps that governments and other stakeholders can take to reshape social attitudes a...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report provides a road map and a menu of very cost-effective interventions for all Member States and other stakeholders, to take coordinated and coherent action at all levels to attain the nine voluntary global targets by 2025. It emphasizes the...
