Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to recommend ways and means of encouraging Member States and non-State actors...
Fact sheet
27 Nov 2018
This sheet offers keys facts on schizophrenia, including information on symptoms and causes. It also highlights treatment and care, as well as the WHO response.
Fact sheet
27 Nov 2018
This sheet offers keys facts on epilepsy, including information on signs and symptoms and causes. It also highlights prevention, as well as the WHO response.
Fact sheet
27 Nov 2018
This sheet offers keys facts on dementia, including information on signs and symptoms, common forms, and rates. It also highlights management, as well as the WHO response.
27 Nov 2018
This app provides non-specialized health-care providers with access to comprehensive information to help them diagnose and treat a range of mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders including depression, epilepsy and dementia from their...
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.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Nov 2018
This policy brief provides key messages and an overview of a human rights-based approach for people living with dementia, including case-studies.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Nov 2018
This policy brief provides key messages and an overview dementia, including prevalence, incidence, impact, and global economic cost.
26 Nov 2018
iSupport is an online training program to support caregivers of people living with dementia.
Fact sheet
26 Nov 2018
The information sheets linked from this page provide different audiences with guidance on how to contribute to improving the lives of people with dementia, their carers and families.
Guide
26 Nov 2018
This guide provides useful information to Member States for creating and operationalizing a dementia plan. This might involve developing a new, stand-alone dementia plan, strengthening an existing dementia plan, or integrating dementia into existing...
Database
26 Nov 2018
The Global Dementia Observatory (GDO) is the monitoring and accountability mechanism for the Global action plan on the public response to dementia 2017-25. It collates data from WHO Member States on 35 key dementia indicators to strengthen count...
