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WHO Regional Office for Africa

WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, 2009- Table 9: Government Programmes and Agencies Dedicated to Tobacco Control

Report

17 Oct 2018

This table is featured in the WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic (2009), the second in a series that tracks the status of the tobacco epidemic and the impact of the interventions that are being implemented to stop it. It provides a comprehensive overview of the evidence base for protecting people from the harms of second-hand tobacco smoke through legislation and enforcement.

ReportMultisectoral ActionTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Country Cooperation Strategy 2016-2021 at a glance - Seychelles

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This fact sheet provides an overview of the health situation, policies, and systems in Seychelles.

Fact sheetMultisectoral Action

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

First meeting of African Ministers of Health jointly convened by the AUC and WHO Luanda, Angola, 14–15 April, 2014

Report

17 Oct 2018

This is a summary report from the First meeting of African Ministers of Health, jointly convened by the AUC and WHO Luanda, Angola, 14–15 April, 2014.

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder Collaboration

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Legal  frameworks for eHealth

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report provides an analysis of responses to the global survey on eHealth conducted by the Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe).

ReportMultisectoral ActionDigital health and innovation

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

National coordination mechanism for tobacco control a model for the African region

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This document on national coordination for tobacco control provides guidance to enable Member States to establish and strengthen coordination of tobacco-control efforts in their respective countries, in that tobacco control is not just a health issue but one that affects the whole government and indeed the whole society.

GuideMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Multisectoral action plan to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions about a multisectoral approach and action plan in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.

Fact sheetMultisectoral Action

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Proposed policy priorities for preventing obesity and diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Report

17 Oct 2018

This document presents an initial proposal for 10 priority areas for action, which cover 37 strategic interventions to help prevent overweight, obesity and diabetes in the whole population in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, including children, adolescents and adults.

ReportDiabetesMultisectoral ActionNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

WHO guidance to protect health from climate change through health adaptation planning

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This guidance document aims to ensure that the health sector works with partners in the environment and other related communities, and follows a systematic process to: Engage in the overall NAP process at the national level; identify national strategic goals for building health resilience to climate change; and develop a national plan with prioritized activities to achieve these goals, within a sp...

GuideMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and healthPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

Raising revenues for health in support of UHC: Strategic issues for policy makers

Report

17 Oct 2018

Governments should aim to move towards a predominant reliance on public funding for health, as evidence shows this increases access to health services and improves financial protection for the population. This is a key message in a new policy brief about raising revenues for health in support of Universal Health Coverage. What issues do policy makers face in decisions about raising revenue? How do...

ReportMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Technical consultation on indicators of adolescent health

Report

17 Oct 2018

Report on the technical consultation, which brought together adolescent health experts from within WHO, other UN organizations and others, and aimed to reach consensus on a core list of indicators for measuring and reporting on adolescent health, and to explore the mechanisms for validating and/or testing new indicators for the core list agreed at the meeting.

ReportMultisectoral ActionMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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World Health Organization

Towards UHC: thinking public overview of trends in public expenditure on health

Publication

17 Oct 2018

The main objective of the study is to examine key dimensions of the changing relation between public financing for health and the economy, the budget and sector financing over the period 2000-2014. The study specifically examines trends in public expenditure on health from domestic sources, separating out external sources channeled through the budget, in the context of transitioning from health ai...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Promoting health while mitigating climate change

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This is one of two technical background papers prepared as a basis for discussion at the WHO Health and Climate Conference. It provides a brief summary of the available evidence on the health impacts (co-benefits and risks) of climate change mitigation strategies, and an outline of the necessary health sector responses that may contribute to optimizing co-benefits while mitigating risks.

PublicationMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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