Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 May 2025
Advocacy asks co-created, consolidated and agreed by over 60 experts – representing Member States, the IFRC network, UN agencies, international NGOs, academic institutions and philanthropic organizations – at a meeting held at the International Federation of the Red Cross,Geneva.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 May 2025
This policy brief is a collaborative initiative between the WHO Department of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD), Rehabilitation and Disability, and the WHO Health Emergency programme. It was informed by a landscaping review (2021-2022) of public health practices in recent emergency responses to both acute and protracted crises, based primarily on: 1) internal and unpublished WHO documentation (includ...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
08 May 2025
This World Thrombosis Day fact sheet explains the differences between arterial and venous thrombosis and identifies risk factors for both conditions. The resource provides essential information for patients and healthcare professionals to understand, recognize and prevent potentially dangerous blood clots.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
05 May 2025
FIRS is supporting a campaign to improve access to inhaled medicines in low resource, high-burden settings to address the massive and rising burden of death and disability from COPD and asthma.Lack of access to inhaled medicines is causing widespread suffering and death and placing enormous demands on households and healthcare systems.The campaign will engage governments, the United Nations and gl...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
23 Apr 2025
Global Stroke policy brief, highlighting the global stroke burden, and actions to improve prevention, treatment and recovery from stroke as part of the NCD response. Published by the Global Stroke Action Coalition, a multisectoral advocacy initiative convened by the World Stroke Organization.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
19 Apr 2025
Air pollution is contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Outdoor and indoor air pollution cause respiratory and other diseases and are important sources of morbidity and mortality. At the same time, the connection between air pollution and mental health is a growing area of researc...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Apr 2025
This page provides a list of laws, regulations and national strategies which include palliative care or are specific to palliative care. These are available to download and can be used to guide countries in creating new national strategies and other policy documents.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Apr 2025
This paper makes the case for prioritizing self-care as a central pillar of the global NCD response. It explores proven self-care strategies that enhance PHC and UHC, empowering people to take an active role in their health. Finally, it outlines three key asks for the 2025 HLM, ensuring self-care is firmly embedded in the next Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health.Download
Briefs & Fact Sheets
10 Mar 2025
This is a series of 8 modules (fact sheets) for parents, caregivers and those caring for children with cancer, to help explain key palliative care concepts. These modules address general questions related to what pediatric palliative care is and how to deal with it, who is responsible for providing it, who it is aimed at, how it will help the people involved, and whether it is only appropriate at...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
21 Feb 2025
All around the world, the burden of noncommunicable diseases is increasing. Noncommunicable diseases are often associated with increased burden on mental health and increased use of health services. For people living with noncommunicable diseases, mental disorders are a source of disability, yet they are less likely to be addressed compared to physical symptoms. Psoriatic disease is a quintessenti...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
15 Feb 2025
As the world observes International Childhood Cancer Day (15 February), the World Health Organization (WHO) is highlighting the challenges faced by children with cancer in countries affected by conflict and emergencies.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
04 Feb 2025
This World Stroke Organization policy brief outlines key challenges and opportunities to reduce the global burden of stroke and NCDs through interventions a policy and healthcare systems level. The brief draws on WHO Best Buys for tackling NCDs and the WSO- Lancet Neurology Commission's Pragmatic Solutions to Address the Global Burden of Stroke.
