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 activit...
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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...
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 preventi...
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 glob...
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,...
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. Th...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Mar 2022
Key facts Almost all people affected by emergencies will experience psychological distress, which for most people will improve over time. Among people who have experienced war or other conflict in the previous 10 years, one in five (22%) will...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Mar 2022
Key facts Approximately 1.71 billion people have musculoskeletal conditions worldwide. Musculoskeletal conditions are the leading contributor to disability worldwide, with low back pain being the single leading cause of disability in 160 coun...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Mar 2022
Key facts There were an estimated 272 million international migrants in 2019 (1). Refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants are of special concern and need protection and support. Migrants and refugees can be exposed to various stress f...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2022
Key facts Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020, or nearly one in six deaths. The most common cancers are breast, lung, colon and rectum and prostate cancers. Around one-third of death...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
04 Mar 2022
Global factsheet on breast cancer | GLOBOCAN 2022Country factsheets are available here: https://gco.iarc.fr/today/en/fact-sheets-populations#countries
Briefs & Fact Sheets
28 Feb 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a Call for Submissions and inviting its Member States to share their experiences on implementing multisectoral actions to strengthen collaboration across government sectors for the prevention and contr...
