World Health Organization
What heads of state and government need to know: NCDs
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights five main priorities for Heads of State and Government in confronting NCDs. ...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights five main priorities for Heads of State and Government in confronting NCDs. ...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the effectiveness of price and tax measures at getting people to quit tobacco use and reduce consumption of alcohol and unhealth...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the need for trade and industry authorities to recognize that the right to health is a fundamental responsibility of governments...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This synthesis summarizes the available evidence concerning the effectiveness of economic instruments (including taxes, price policies and incentives) in con...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This publication provides information on the marketing of foods and beverages to children and the changes that have occurred in the last decade. It also exam...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This publication focuses on physical activity and how it can be supported through urban planning. The focus on physical activity is explained by the fact tha...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This publication conveys the most recent quantitative surveillance results focusing on noncommunicable disease (NCDs)-related risk behaviors among adults fro...
Report
12 Nov 2018
The publication conveys the quantitative surveillance results focusing on tobacco use and noncommunicable disease (NCD) related behaviours among youth (13–...
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document is a summary of an exploratory international meeting on regulation of marketing of alcohol products held at the Pan American Health Organizatio...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document provides Member States with the rationale and key strategic lines of action for comprehensive public health interventions to halt the progressi...
Report
17 Oct 2018
The main goal of this resolution is to call on Member States to prioritize the prevention of obesity and diabetes and their common risk factors by establishi...
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This publication explores the relationship between and the impact of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) on development and economic growth in the countries of L...