Dialogue
25 Oct 2024
Summary of a discussion in Beijing among national policymakers and experts to share experiences of empowerment and women's health throughout the life course.
25 Oct 2024
Every year, millions of women die from heart disease, stroke and complications of diabetes, with the greatest number of deaths occurring in low-resource settings, such as parts of rural India. The SMARThealth Pregnancy programme aims to help com...
Dialogue
25 Oct 2024
This episode features a discussion with Dr Ophira Ginsburg and Dr Carinna Hockham about the Lancet Commission on Women and Cancer, currently underway. The Commission is exploring the relationship between gender, power and cancer, and is taking an int...
Publication
25 Oct 2024
Currently there are no policies in place that require researchers to consider the sex and gender of the people who participate in research trials in the UK. This means that studies are not required to report results about sex or gender differences, a...
Publication
25 Oct 2024
Monika Arora, Emma Feeny, and Jane Madden shed light on Women's Health and its challenges, particularly in accessing healthcare for chronic diseases, in their article published on Health Policy Watch in preparation for Universal Health Coverage Day 2...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
22 Oct 2024
Unhealthy diets are a major driver of noncommunicable diseases. In particular, ultra-processed foods, which contain high levels of sugars, sodium, saturated fats, and refined carbohydrates, contribute significantly to the incidence of NCDs such as ob...
Case study
22 Oct 2024
The idea of the Africa NCDs Network (ANN) was conceived in 2015, advanced in 2016 following an African regional civil society consultation meeting organised by the WHO Regional Office for Africa and NCD Alliance, and took off in 2020 with the support...
Case study
22 Oct 2024
The Ghana NCD Alliance was launched in 2017 as part of the NCD Alliance Seed Programme and participated in NCDA's Accelerator Programme 2020-2023. The alliance received an award from the UN Interagency Task Force for NCDs in 2020 for its contribution...
Case study
22 Oct 2024
The Rwanda NCD Alliance was formally launched in 2016, having engaged with the country’s NCD response since the lead-up to the 2011 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs. The alliance participated in the NCD Alliance NCDs and UHC Accelerator Programme 2020...
Guide
21 Oct 2024
This integrated operational framework provides an overview of the connections between mental health, neurological and substance use (MNS) conditions, and their links to health, well-being and the broader public health and sustainable development agen...
Strategy document
21 Oct 2024
This document sets out WHO’s MNS advocacy priorities, outlining what needs to be advanced or changed, by WHO and through other stakeholders and mechanisms. It aims to support MNS stakeholders in various countries by providing a flexible approach th...
Guide
18 Oct 2024
Social participation is an important means for governments to develop responsive health policies and programmes, which are more likely to be implemented by a broad stakeholder group. It is at the heart of the inclusive governance needed for countries...
