UNICEF
Community-based mental health care in Peru
Article
22 Oct 2021
A community-based model helps a child in need experience positive change.
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Supporting your child’s mental health during COVID-19 school returns
Article
22 Oct 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to daily life and children are feeling these changes deeply. While a return to school will be welcomed by many students, others will be feeling anxious or frightened. Here are tips to help your child...
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies
Health Benefits of Air Pollution Reduction
Article
14 Oct 2021
Air pollution is a grave risk to human health that affects nearly everyone in the world and nearly every organ in the body. Fortunately, it is largely a preventable risk. Reducing pollution at its source can have a rapid and substantial impact on hea...
154 Organizations Call for Phasing Out Sales of Combustible Tobacco Products
Article
24 May 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 24, 2021 – Our vision of a world without tobacco deaths is materializing. Today, ASH released an open letter calling on governments around the world to not only envision ending the tobacco epidemic but put in place concrete p...
WHO
Introduction and scale up of self-care interventions for SRHR: Lessons from the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Article
07 May 2021
In April 2021, WHO published a special supplement in the journal of Health Research Policy and Systems entitled, Catalysing policy change to introduce and scale up self-care interventions for SRHR: Lessons from the Eastern Mediterranean Region. There...
Nature Reviews Nephrology
Sustainable development is key to improving global kidney health
Article
21 Dec 2020
Beyond the need to understand disease mechanisms and develop new therapies, the inequities that deprive individuals of a healthy life must also be addressed to ensure kidney health for all. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals1 (SDGs) were adopted by...
The Lancet
Mortality impact of achieving WHO cervical cancer elimination targets: a comparative modelling analysis in 78 low-income and lower-middle-income countries
Article
14 Nov 2020
WHO is developing a global strategy towards eliminating cervical cancer as a public health problem, which proposes an elimination threshold of four cases per 100 000 women and includes 2030 triple-intervention coverage targets for scale-up of human...
World Health Organization
COVID-19 and violence against older people
Article
26 Aug 2020
Violence against older people, who are already bearing the brunt of this pandemic, has risen sharply since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and imposition of lockdown measures. This document highlights some of the key findings.
World Health Organization
Q&A: Older people and COVID-19
Article
26 Aug 2020
A resource on frequently asked questions and answers regarding older people and COVID-19.
World Health Organization
Considerations for the provision of essential oral health services in the context of COVID-19
Article
13 Aug 2020
The purpose of this document is to address specific needs and considerations for essential oral health services in the context of COVID-19 in accordance with WHO operational guidance on maintaining essential health services.
United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Comissioner
COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Article
03 Aug 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting indigenous peoples, exacerbating underlying structural inequalities and pervasive discrimination. These serious impacts need to be specifically addressed in the response to and aftermath of this c...
World Health Organization
COVID-19 and beyond: banning tobacco and e-cigarettes in public places is a public health must
Article
03 Aug 2020
There is no safe level of exposure to second-hand smoke Following the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, 15 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region took a bold decision to ban waterpipe use temporarily in public places. This is i...