Report
18 Nov 2022
This report provides a pragmatic approach to health literacy development for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It provides new insights into what people know about NCDs and their risk factors, and these new insights revea...
Report
18 Nov 2022
WHO’s Global oral health status report (GOHSR) provides the first-ever comprehensive picture of oral disease burden and highlights challenges and opportunities to accelerate progress towards universal coverage for oral health. This includes introdu...
Report
15 Nov 2022
Cities in Africa are growing fast: over 65% of the population will live in urban areas by 2060. This rapid urbanisation is drastically increasing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Air pollution is already Africa’s second biggest cause of...
14 Nov 2022
The Global Asthma Report 2022 was launched at the Union World Conference on Lung Health on 10th November. It is the fourth version and has contributions from 97 experts from, 31 countries. Content is focused around reducing the bu...
Report
12 Nov 2022
Health at a Glance: Asia/Pacific 2022 presents key indicators on health status, determinants of health, health care resources and utilisation, health expenditure and financing, and quality of care for 27 Asia-Pacific countries and territories. Countr...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
08 Nov 2022
The fifth round of COSI data collection took place between 2018 and 2020 in 33 countries. In total, almost 411 000 children aged 6–9 years were measured. The full details of the fifth round of data collection are described in a report
Article
02 Nov 2022
The World Health Assembly resolution WHA74.4, adopted in May 2021, marked a historic milestone in the collective efforts to address the global diabetes epidemic and urged Member States to raise the priority given to the prevention, diagnosi...
Case study
24 Oct 2022
In 2020–2021, with the support of the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, the World Health Organization (WHO) provided direct financial and technical support to 54 grassroots civil society organizations (CSO) in 40 countries, serving over 80 milli...
Report
24 Oct 2022
Noncommunicable diseases cause nearly three quarters of deaths in the world. There are four major NCDs: cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease. Their drivers are social, environ...
07 Oct 2022
Key facts: All countries face major challenges to ensure that their health and social systems are ready to make the most of this demographic shift. In 2050, 80% of older people will be living in low- and middle-income countries. The pace of...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
05 Oct 2022
Key facts Physical activity has significant health benefits for hearts, bodies and minds Physical activity contributes to preventing and managing noncommunicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes Physical activit...
Database
03 Oct 2022
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – cause nearly three-quarters of deaths in the world. Their drivers are social, environmenta...
