WHO Regional Office for Africa
Fact sheet: Cancer
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on cancer, its risk factors, burden, and WHO response in the African Region.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on cancer, its risk factors, burden, and WHO response in the African Region.
Report
17 Oct 2018
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) is a global standard for systematically monitoring adult tobacco use (smoking and smokeless) and tracking key tobacco control indicators.
Case study
17 Oct 2018
This success story outlines the first undertaking of The Global Adult Tobacco Survey in Nigeria, the first nationally representative survey of adults in Nigeria for monitoring adult tobacco use and tracking key tobacco control indicators.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This document highlights effective and sustainable methods that can be used to control the burden of cervical cancer in the context of Africa, following an analysis of the burden of cervical cancer and its social determinants in the African Region. I...
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The aim of this publication is to strengthen and accelerate the translation of cancer control knowledge into public health action. It can also serve as an advocacy and practical tool that helps policy-makers and programme managers to acquire advice o...
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This document provides policymakers with a list of ‘best buys’ and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) based on an update of Appendix 3 of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013�...
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This document provides policymakers with a list of ‘best buys’ and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) based on an update of Appendix 3 of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs 2013�...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Oct 2018
This document serves as a policy statement on recommended actions for early detection of breast cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Oct 2018
This document serves as a policy statement on recommended actions for early detection of breast, cervical, colorectal, oraland prostate cancers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Oct 2018
This document serves as a policy statement on recommended actions for early detection of cervical cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Oct 2018
This document serves as a policy statement on recommended actions for early detection of colorectal cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Oct 2018
This document serves as a policy statement on recommended actions for early detection of oral cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.