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PLOS Global Public Health

People with lived experience of chronic conditions are key epistemic authorities in global health

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10 Oct 2025

This opinion piece, authored by the Steering Committee Members of the WHO Symposium on Meaningful Engagement of People Living with Noncommunicable Diseases, Mental Health, and Neurological Conditions, calls for a shift from tokenistic involvement tow...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experiences+4

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World Stroke Organization

World Stroke Day 2025-26 Driving Awareness & Response to Stroke Symptoms

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08 Oct 2025

For World Stroke Day on October 29th, we are asking stroke and public health stakeholders to join the global effort to drive&nbsp;awareness of stroke symptoms and the need to seek emergency medical care.To help you deliver high impact awareness activ...

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The Lancet

Strengthening non-communicable disease care in all-hazards emergencies

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16 Sep 2025

People with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are particularly vulnerable to health service disruptions resulting from conflicts, natural disasters, and major disease outbreaks. The 2018 Political Declaration of the 3rd UN High-Level Meeting of the Ge...

ArticleAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Diabetes Foundation

Leveraging Health Literacy and Self-Care to Tackle Diabetes

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27 Aug 2025

The article highlights diabetes as a major challenge, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where health literacy is often limited. It stresses the need to educate communities about diabetes and promote self-care through outreach an...

ArticleDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentAccess to essential medicines and servicesPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+3

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

Roadmap on Single Pill Combination Therapies

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25 Aug 2025

The WHF Roadmap on Single-Pill Combination (SPC) highlights key roadblocks to their wider use and sets out practical solutions to overcome barriers in availability, affordability, and adoption. By scaling up SPCs, countries can improve cardiovascular...

ArticleCardiovascular DiseaseAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care+1

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Association Santé Diabète, BMJ Global Health

Rethinking and redefining the definitions and how we measure availability and affordability of medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases

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04 Aug 2025

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) include cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and mental health. This group of conditions is the leading global cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with 74% of all deaths glob...

ArticleDiabetesMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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The Lancet

Metrics for diplomats: is mortality from non-communicable diseases increasing or decreasing?

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03 Jul 2025

Negotiations are ongoing in New York to agree the latest UN political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health.1 With 5 years left to deliver the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, diplomats will be developing a roadmap to...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsDisability and rehabilitationHealthy AgingHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10

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The International League of Dermatological Societies

ILDS Response to the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration of the Fourth High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being

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25 Jun 2025

The International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS), an umbrella organisation of over 200 professional dermatological organisations across 104 countries, welcomes the commitment to advance global efforts on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and...

ArticleMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotionHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionUnhealthy diets+5
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NCD Alliance

NCDA Analysis of the 78th session of the World Health Assembly (WHA78)

Article

24 Jun 2025

With the conclusion of the Pandemic Agreement after three years of tough negotiations, the approval of the next two-year budget, and the decision to increase country contributions by 20%, the 78th session of the World Health Assembly has shown some r...

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The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia

Towards integrated cardiovascular and mental health management in primary health care in Indonesia: a policy outlook

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21 Jun 2025

This paper argues for the need for an integrated approach towards cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and mental health (MH) disorders. Despite non-communicable diseases (NCDs) being a major public health problem and thus a prime concern for primary healt...

ArticleCardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care+3

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Nature Reviews Nephrology

Kidney disease is a worldwide killer. Treat it that way

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24 Apr 2025

The Nature editorial urges World Health Assembly delegates, meeting on 19 May 2025, to back a resolution led by Guatemala that would recognize chronic kidney disease (CKD)—which affects an estimated 8.5 percent of the global population and is a rap...

ArticleMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Palliative Medicine Reports

Palliative Care in Public Policy: Results from a Global Survey

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16 Apr 2025

Background: Public policy has been a foundational component of the World Health Organization public health model for palliative care development since 1990. There is, however, limited evidence on the existence and character of palliative care policy...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+4

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