Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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World Health Organization & United Nations Development Program

Responding to non-communicable diseases during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic Examples of actions being taken by selected members of the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases

Briefs & Fact Sheets

27 Oct 2021

The publication complements the report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization on the Task Force (E/2021/48/Rev.1, 7 May 2021), which outlined some of the ongoing activities of Task Force members to support Members States to respond to NCDs as part of the COVID-19 response and recovery.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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United Nations World Food Programme

WFP’s Socio-economic Response and Recovery Programme Framework

Briefs & Fact Sheets

24 Apr 2021

WFP’s Socio-economic Response and Recovery Programme Framework (SERRF, formerly the MTPF) lays out WFP’s contribution to inclusive and resilient recovery. It provides a flexible framework for WFP to support affected communities, national governments and partners ‘build back better.’ The SERRF operates through three pillars of intervention that are central to an effective, efficient and eq...

Briefs & Fact SheetsSocial determinants of health

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

New policy brief: Advocacy and policy to tackle multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

09 Apr 2021

A recent policy brief produced by the GACD Multimorbidity Working Group highlights the evidence and practice gaps related to multimorbidity in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The objective of the policy brief is to provide funders and policymakers with the evidence and actions needed to tackle the burden of multimorbidity in LMICs. For more, click Access.

Briefs & Fact SheetsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Injuries and violence

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Mar 2021

Key facts Injuries – both unintentional and violence-related – take the lives of 4.4 million people around the world each year and constitute nearly 8% of all deaths. For people age 5-29 years, 3 of the top 5 causes of death are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide. Injuries and violence are responsible for an estimated 10% of all years lived with disabi...

Briefs & Fact SheetsPrevention of violence and injuries

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World Health Organization

Preventing and managing COVID-19 across long-term care services: Policy brief, 24 July 2020

Briefs & Fact Sheets

26 Aug 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older people disproportionately, especially those living in long-term care facilities. In many countries, evidence shows that more than 40% of COVID-19 related deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities, with figures being as high as 80% in some high-income countries.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Palliative care

Briefs & Fact Sheets

05 Aug 2020

Key facts Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and that of their families who are facing challenges associated with life-threatening illness, whether physical, psychological, social or spiritual. The quality of life of caregivers improves as well. Each year, an estimated 56.8 million people, including 25.7 million in the last year of life, are in need of palliative care...

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United Nations

Policy Brief of the UN Secretary-General: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19

Briefs & Fact Sheets

03 Aug 2020

The global crisis of COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is imperative. People with disabilities—one billion people— are one of the most excluded groups in our society and are among the hardest hit in this crisis in terms of fatalities.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCommunicable diseasesDisability and rehabilitationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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United Nations

Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 May 2020

Although the COVID-19 crisis is, in the first instance, a physical health crisis, it has the seeds of a major mental health crisis as well, if action is not taken. Good mental health is critical to the functioning of society at the best of times. It must be front and centre of every country’s response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental health and wellbeing of whole societies...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19

Briefs & Fact Sheets

06 May 2020

The global crisis of COVID-19 is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing the extent of exclusion and highlighting that work on disability inclusion is imperative. People with disabilities—one billion people— are one of the most excluded groups in our society and are among the hardest hit in this crisis in terms of fatalities. &nbsp;

Briefs & Fact SheetsCommunicable diseasesDisability and rehabilitationGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health

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HelpAge International

How to Overcome the Challenges Faced with PEN Services in Myanmar – HelpAge International (April 2020)

Briefs & Fact Sheets

30 Apr 2020

This policy brief examines the implementation of the WHO Package of Essential Non-Communicable Disease Interventions (PEN) across Myanmar’s 330 townships and identifies key operational challenges such as supply chain gaps, training limitations, low public awareness, and inconsistent service quality. Drawing on implementation experience and research, it puts forward targeted recommendations to ex...

Briefs & Fact SheetsNCD LabHealthy Aging

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World Health Organization

Community-based health insurance

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2020

Key Facts Community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes are usually voluntary and characterized by community members pooling funds to offset the cost of healthcare. Despite much hope in these systems, evidence suggests the impact of CBHI on financial protection and access to needed health care are moderate for those enrolled. Most CBHI schemes have low participation levels and the poor...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultistakeholder CollaborationSocial determinants of health

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NCD Alliance

Bridging the Gap on NCDs: From global promises to local progress - Policy brief

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Feb 2020

The policy brief highlights the gaps in the first decade of the NCD response and what is lacking to reach the global targets for NCD reduction. The policy brief also underscores barriers to progress according to the NCD Alliance's global network of people living with NCDs, advocates, campaigners and experts through survey data ,&nbsp;WHO data, and peer reviewed literature.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+7

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