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World Heart Federation (WHF)

World Heart Federation Roadmap for Hypertension - A 2021 Update

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24 Apr 2021

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based policies and health system strategies to prevent premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.&nbsp;The updated WHF Roadmap on Hypertension (2021) revie...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

Clean Air, Smart Cities, Healthy Hearts: Action on Air Pollution for Cardiovascular Health

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11 Mar 2021

Air pollution is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, contributing to an estimated 6.7 million deaths worldwide in 2019 - half of which were due to heart disease and stroke.&nbsp;Fine particulate matter and other pollutants infiltrate the bloodstream, damaging blood vessels, raising blood pressure, and increasing the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes.&nbsp;Despite its significant...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentEnvironment, climate change and healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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World Council of Churches

Health-Promoting Churches: Reflections on Health and Healing for Churches on Commemorative World Health Days

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07 Aug 2020

Reflections on 15 WHO commemorative health days prepared to promote conversations in churches on different health matters, with forewords from the WCC General Secretary and WHO Director General. Each reflection is less than a 1000 words and can be incorporated in various church activities. Each entry provides basic scientific information, global bottlenecks, biblical reflection and possible action...

PublicationHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultistakeholder CollaborationCommunicable diseasesHealth promotion+2

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

WHF IASC Roadmap on Chagas Disease

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01 Jan 2020

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based policies and health system strategies to prevent premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.&nbsp;The WHF-IASC Roadmap on Chagas Disease reviews the l...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

World Heart Federation Roadmap for Heart Failure

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01 Sep 2019

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based policies and health system strategies to prevent premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.&nbsp;The WHF Roadmap on Heart Failure reviews the latest...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

A Roadmap on the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Among People Living with Diabetes

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01 Sep 2019

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based policies and health system strategies to prevent premature cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.&nbsp;The WHF Roadmap on Diabetes reviews the latest scien...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO REgional Office for Europe, UNDP, UNIATIF

Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Armenia: The Case for Investment

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18 Jun 2019

This economic analysis makes the case for investing in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Armenia. Through three comprehensive analyses—economic burden, intervention costing, and return on investment—the report demonstrates the significant human and economic toll of NCDs, which accounted for 6.5% of Armenia’s GDP in 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp;Key findings:&nbsp;362.7 bill...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+14
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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

The Transferability of Health Promotion and Education Approaches Between Non-communicable Diseases and Communicable Diseases—an Analysis of Evidence

Article

05 Mar 2019

Many professionals in the public health fields dealing with infectious diseases (IDs) are unaware of the programs and approaches are taken by their colleagues in the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arena, and vice versa. A particular instance of this is in the understanding and application of health promotion approaches. This project examined health promotion approaches to the prevention of NCDs...

ArticleHealth Literacy DevelopmentCommunicable diseasesHealth promotion

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World Health Organization

WHO GCM/NCD working group on health literacy and health education for NCDs (WG 3.3, 2016-2017) - second meeting

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12 Nov 2018

This report is on the second meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD Working Group on health education and health literacy for NCDs.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+8
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World Health Organization

WHO GCM/NCD working group on health literacy and health education and health literacy for NCDs (WG 3.3, 2016-2017)

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12 Nov 2018

This is the interim report on the WHO GCM/NCD Working Group on health education and health literacy for NCDs.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+8
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World Health Organization

WHO GCM/NCD working group on health literacy and health education for NCDs (WG 3.3, 2016-2017) - first meeting

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report is on the first meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD Working Group on health education and health literacy for NCDs.

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+7
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WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

Noncommunicable disease education manual for primary health care professionals and patients

Report

12 Nov 2018

This manual contains modules for noncommunicable disease education for primary health care professionals and patients.

ReportHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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