Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Nov 2023
In this toolkit, find resources to support your advocacy efforts in championing the Global Strategy and the elimination of cervical cancer in your community.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Nov 2023
Kazakhstan has consistently strongly advocated strengthening primary health care (PHC) both in Kazakhstan and abroad. Currently, it has a unique multidisciplinary team-based PHC model, which is the most dramatic departure from the experience of other countries in the eastern part of the WHO European Region. Since the early 1990s, Kazakhstan has had a sustained political commitment towards a...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, developed by HelpAge International Myanmar under the SUNI-SEAproject, presents an opportunity to address the challenge of reaching people in need under constrained service delivery conditions. The application allows individuals to self-assess their risks for hypertension, diabetes, and mental health conditions, offering valuable advice on...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The consortium Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia developed an operational and simple screening algorithm to identify people with NCD-risk factors to be used in community-based programmes. This brief explains the experiences with the introduction of this algorithm in Indonesia. The algorithm improved the implementation fidelity among cadres. Hence, the simplified scr...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The policy brief of the consortium scaling up up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia describes the work done in Vietnam. Community organisations were strengthened to perform screening of NCD risk factors, to organise health promotion activities. Staff of primary healthcare facilities were capacitated to diagnose and treat NCDs. Local authorities were engaged in planning and management of intervent...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
This policy brief by the consortium scaling-up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia provides an overview of the situation for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar. It provides key lessons learnt from the global expansion of digital technology for health. It gives a summary of the SUNI-SEA experiences with digital technology...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
Policy brief by the consortium scaling-up non-communicable diseases interventions in Southeast Asia. The document shares lessons learned from scaling up activities with regard to health promotion, screening and early detection of NCDs. It emphasises that besides increasing coverage and package of services also painting quality is essential to achieve sustainable results. It is necessary to develop...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
Policy brief of the research project Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia. This policy brief describes comprehensive actions to improve community-based healthcare and primary healthcare, to improve screening, early diagnosis and treatment of NCDs. There are different strategies possible, working with community groups and working with outreach programmes to involve people in prevention of...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Oct 2023
Key facts By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over. Loneliness and social isolation are key risk factors for mental health conditions in later life. One in six older adults experience abuse, often by their own carers. Approximately 14% of adults aged 60 and over live with a mental disorder. Mental disorders among older adults account for 10.6% of the tota...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Oct 2023
Key facts Breast cancer caused 685 000 deaths globally in 2020. Roughly half of all breast cancers occur in women with no specific risk factors other than sex and age. Breast cancer occurs in every country in the world. Approximately 0.5–1% of breast cancers occur in men. Overview Breast cancer is a disease in which abnormal breast cells grow out of control and fo...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Oct 2023
Key facts Asthma is a major noncommunicable disease (NCD), affecting both children and adults, and is the most common chronic disease among children. Inflammation and narrowing of the small airways in the lungs cause asthma symptoms, which can be any combination of cough, wheeze, shortness of breath and chest tightness. Asthma affected an estimated 262 million people in 2019 (1) and caus...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Sep 2023
Key facts Anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental disorders, affecting 301 million people in 2019. More women are affected by anxiety disorders than men. Symptoms of anxiety often have onset during childhood or adolescence. There are highly effective treatments for anxiety disorders. Approximately 1 in 4 people with anxiety disorders receive treatment for this conditio...
