Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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UHC2030

Private Sector contributions towards Universal Health Coverage: UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency Statement

Briefs & Fact Sheets

31 Mar 2023

The statement released by the UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency, which is hosted by the World Economic Forum, outlines how the private sector can help close the global healthcare gap by ensuring equal access to essential services, better quality healthcare and financial risk protection.&nbsp;UHC2030 is the global multistakeholder movement to accelerate progress towards UHC.

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World Health Organization

Mental health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Mar 2023

Key facts Affordable, effective and feasible strategies exist to promote, protect and restore mental health. The need for action on mental health is indisputable and urgent. Mental health has intrinsic and instrumental value and is integral to our well-being. Mental health is determined by a complex interplay of individual, social and structural stresses and vulnerabilities. Infor...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Maternal mortality

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Mar 2023

Key facts Every day in 2020, almost 800 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. A maternal death occurred almost every two minutes in 2020. Between 2000 and 2020, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR, number of maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) dropped by about 34% worldwide. Almost 95% of all maternal deaths occurred in low and lower middle-income c...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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The George Institute for Global Health

The effects of salt substitute compared to regular table salt on stroke: The China Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS)

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10 Mar 2023

The George Institute for Global Health China Salt Substitute and Stroke Study (SSaSS) has found replacing salt with a reduced-sodium added-potassium ‘salt substitute’ significantly lowers the risk of stroke, heart disease, and death. The study – undertaken in China over five years – is one of the largest dietary interventions ever conducted, with over 20,000 participants from 600 rural vil...

ReportBriefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the Prevention and Control of NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

16 Feb 2023

The Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the Prevention and Control of NCDs (The NCD Presidential Group) is an informal, voluntary, collaborative arrangement of interested Heads of State and Government from WHO Member States that will commence on April 2022 at the occasion of the International Strategic Dialogue on NCD and SDGs consisting of Heads of State and Government. The Group wi...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultisectoral Action

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe.

Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative COSI - Fact sheet highlights 2018-2020

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

Briefs & Fact SheetsUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Physical activity

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 activity reduces symptoms of depression and anxiety Physical activity enhances thinking, learning, and judgment skills Physical activity ensures healthy...

Briefs & Fact SheetsPhysical inactivity

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World Health Organization

Mental health at work

Briefs & Fact Sheets

28 Sep 2022

Key facts Decent work is good for mental health. Poor working environments – including discrimination and inequality, excessive workloads, low job control and job insecurity – pose a risk to mental health. 15% of working-age adults were estimated to have a mental disorder in 2019. Globally, an estimated 12 billion working days are lost every year to depression and anxiety at a cost...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Mental disorders

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Jul 2022

Key facts 1 in every 8 people in the world live with a mental disorder Mental disorders involve significant disturbances in thinking, emotional regulation, or behaviour There are many different types of mental disorders Effective prevention and treatment options exist Most people do not have access to effective care Overview A mental disorder is characterized by a clinicall...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Alcohol

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Jul 2022

Key facts The harmful use of alcohol is a causal factor in more than 200 disease and injury conditions. Worldwide, 3 million deaths every year result from harmful use of alcohol. This represents 5.3% of all deaths. Overall, 5.1% of the global burden of disease and injury is attributable to alcohol, as measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). Beyond health consequences, the h...

Briefs & Fact SheetsHarmful use of alcohol

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World Diabetes Foundation, Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities

Article

27 May 2022

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which was once thought to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is now well established in this region. The SSA region is undergoing a rapid but variable epidemiological transition fuelled by the pace of urbanization, with disease burden profiles shifting from communicable diseases to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Information on the epidemiology of T2DM has inc...

ArticleBriefs & Fact SheetsDiabetesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health

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NCD Alliance

Invest To Protect: NCD financing as the foundation for healthy societies and economies

Briefs & Fact Sheets

08 Apr 2022

NCDs – the world’s most prevalent and deadly diseases – represent a pandemic in their own right, but when mixed with an infectious disease outbreak, the result has been devastating to health systems and the communities they serve everywhere. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that the prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are indispensable to health sy...

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