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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO Guidelines for the pharmacological and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents.

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01 Jan 2019

Cancers are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Pain is experienced by 55% of patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment and by 66% of patients who have advanced, metastatic, or terminal disease. This can be relieved in most cases through medicines and other treatments.&nbsp;The World Health Organizati...

GuidePublicationCancerAccess to essential medicines and services

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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

The Challenges of Climate Change: Children on the front line

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06 Dec 2018

This book brings together the knowledge and opinions of 40 contributors - scientists, development workers, and experts in health, nutrition and children’s rights - in an attempt to build up a clear picture of what climate change means for the children of today and tomorrow.

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

SDG 11 Synthesis Report

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06 Dec 2018

This synthesis report is the first publication showing the progress, challenges and opportunities of global monitoring of this Sustainable Development Goal. This report complements the 2018 Secretary-General’s Progress Report on SDGs which shows progress in the form of story lines, and the 2018 Secretary-General’s first quadrennial report on progress made in the implementation of the New Urban...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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World Health Organization

Global action plan on the public health response to dementia 2017-2025

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26 Nov 2018

This publication provides a set of actions to realize the vision of a world in which dementia is prevented and people with dementia and their carers receive the care and support they need to live a life with meaning and dignity.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Neurology Atlas

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26 Nov 2018

This report represents updated information on the status of neurological services and provision of neurological care from 132 countries and two Associate Members/ territories covering 94% of the world population. The data demonstrates that the available resources for neurological disorders within most countries remain insufficient.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Assessing mental health and psychosocial needs and resources: Toolkit for humanitarian settings

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26 Nov 2018

This document provides advice on mental health and psychosocial need assessment. It offers an approach that should help assessors review information that is already available and only collect new data that will be of practical use.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies: What Should Humanitarian Health Actors Know?

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26 Nov 2018

This document is for humanitarian health actors working at national and sub-national level in countries facing humanitarian emergencies. It gives an overview of essential knowledge that humanitarian health actors should have about mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS) in humanitarian emergencies.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG) Clinical Management of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Conditions in Humanitarian Emergencies

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26 Nov 2018

This intervention guide contains first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions for non-specialist health-care providers in humanitarian emergencies where access to specialists and treatment options is limited.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and responsePrimary health care

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region

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12 Nov 2018

A page dedicated to all publication relevant to WHO's work in the South East Asian Region

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Noncommunicable diseases an information booklet

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12 Nov 2018

This reports describes ways to prevent and manage diabetes, coronary heart diseases, and hypertension. It focuses on the four modifiable risk factors that are largely responsible for these diseases – tobacco use, unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity and harmful use of alcohol.

PublicationUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

The economic burden of noncommunicable diseases

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17 Oct 2018

This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO to fa­cilitate intragovernmental dialogue for a better understanding of NCD issues by making economic evidence available in the Americas, and to assist countries in integrating economic approaches into their NCD prevention and control...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Prevention of Suicidal Behavior

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This report was conceived as a practical tool that provides essential information to better understand suicidal behavior and the main strategies to combat it, from registry to the evaluation of interventions, taking into account the approaches already under way in the Region.

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPrevention of violence and injuries

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