Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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Health Action International (HAI)

TRANSITION FROM A DONOR-SUPPORTED PROJECT TO A NATIONAL DIABETES PROGRAMME: LESSONS FROM TANZANIA

Briefs & Fact Sheets

09 Apr 2024

&nbsp;In 2019 a review was published on the impact of insulin donation programmes in ten low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the period 2009-2015.&nbsp; This study led to the formulation of a ten-step process for the transition from a donation-supported project towards a national diabetes programme. Tanzania has been in the process of such a transition since 2005. Despite some remaining c...

Briefs & Fact SheetsDiabetesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services
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World Hepatitis Alliance

Liver Cancer Can't Wait - Saving lives from liver cancer by eliminating hepatitis

Briefs & Fact Sheets

04 Apr 2024

Viral hepatitis infection is the most common cause of liver cancer. Chronic viral hepatitis can lead to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which accounts for 80% of all liver cancer cases and is the third most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Despite this, nearly half (42%) of people globally are not aware that one of the leading causes of liver cancer is viral hepatitis - according to resear...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancer

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The George Institute for Global Health

Advancing Social Participation for Universal Health Coverage – Building support for a resolution at the 77th World Health Assembly (WHA)

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28 Mar 2024

Social participation&nbsp;is at the heart of the inclusive governance needed for countries to make progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC); health emergency prevention, preparedness and response; and health for all, while ensuring no one is left behind. A Core Group of countries, under the leadership of Thailand and Slovenia, is pursuing&nbsp;a resolution on&nbsp;Institutionalizing Soc...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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International Society of Nephrology

Optimization of RAASi Therapy Toolkit

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 Mar 2024

The toolkit, which is part of a wider joint cardiology-nephrology initiative, consists of focused and practical infographics on the optimization of RAASi therapy and management of related complications.

Briefs & Fact SheetsStrategy documentMultistakeholder Collaboration

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NCD Alliance

Financing Solutions for NCDs and Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 Mar 2024

This policy brief presents the NCD Alliance’s advocacy priorities for the 2nd Global Dialogue on Sustainable Financing for NCDs and Mental Health (GFD2) organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank. Framed as a technical meeting with a high-level segment, the GFD2 will explore approaches on how to include NCDs and mental health responses within national health and financin...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Migraine and other headache disorders

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Mar 2024

Key facts Headache disorders are among the most common disorders of the nervous system. Headache disorders ranked third (after stroke and dementia) in accounting for overall neurological disease burden&nbsp;as measured by&nbsp;age-standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2019. Headache disorders, which are characterized by recurrent headaches, are associated with personal a...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Addressing noncommunicable diseases in emergencies: a regional framework for action

Briefs & Fact Sheets

11 Mar 2024

The Eastern Mediterranean Region faces numerous emergencies due to natural and human-made hazards. These emergencies disrupt health systems, increasing morbidity and mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).&nbsp;The framework aims to integrate NCD management into emergency preparedness and response plans. It emphasizes maintaining continuity of care and medications, and addressing acute com...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+4

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United for Global Mental Health

BRIEF: FINANCING MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

With mental health at the forefront of the conversation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opportunity for once-in-a-generation change is being presented. The integration of mental health into universal health coverage (UHC) reforms during the run in to 2030 (the target year for the Sustainable Development Goals which include achieving UHC) is being promoted as a key pandemic response, reco...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Infant and young child feeding

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according to the "Convention on the Rights of the Child". Undernutrition is associated with 45% of child deaths. Globally in 2022, 149 million children under 5 were estimated to be stunted (too short for age), 45 million were estimated to be wasted (too thin for height), and 37 million were overweight or obese. About 44%...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Household air pollution

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Around 2.3 billion people worldwide (around a third of the global population) cook using open fires or inefficient stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal, which generates harmful household air pollution. Household air pollution was responsible for an estimated 3.2 million deaths per year in 2020, including over 237 000 deaths of children u...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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World Health Organization

Human papillomavirus and cancer

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of 200 known viruses. They do not cause concerns in most people, but infection with some high-risk types is common and can cause genital warts or cancer. In 90% of people the body controls the infection by itself. Persistent HPV infection with high-risk HPV types is the cause of cervical cancer and is associated with cancers of th...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Commercial determinants of health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Commercial determinants of health are the private sector activities that affect people’s health, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively. The private sector influences the social, physical and cultural environments through business actions and societal engagements; for example, supply chains, labour conditions, product design and packaging, research funding, lobbying,...

Briefs & Fact SheetsSocial determinants of health

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