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Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD)

Accelerating actions for multisectoral and multistakeholder (M&M) collaboration: Technical Meeting Report

Report

05 Jul 2024

This meeting report summarizes a two-day technical meeting that was hosted&nbsp;by the World Health Organization’s Global NCD Platform and the Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs&nbsp;on implementing multisectoral and multistakeholder collaboration on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions.&nbsp;

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+2

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World Health Organization

Improving access to medicines for neurological disorders

Report

22 Jun 2024

The report comprehensively describes the status of access to medicines for neurological disorders worldwide. The report offers a framework for multi-level, multi-sectoral actions, and serves as a call to action for all stakeholders to commit to tangible, sustainable improvements in the accessibility of medicines for neurological disorders.

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and services

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Public Health Agency of Canada

Quality of Life Framework for Canada: Lessons learned on multisectoral action for public health

Fact sheet

13 Jun 2024

Quality of Life Framework for Canada Canada’s Quality of Life Framework is an indicator framework that measures aspects of well-being important to people living in Canada. This holistic approach broadens the measurement of national progress from traditional stand-alone economic indicators, like gross domestic product (GDP), by incorporating social, health, cultural, and environmental perspect...

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Public Health Agency of Canada

Multisectoral action 101 (Canada)

Fact sheet

13 Jun 2024

What is multisectoral action? Multisectoral action, or intersectoral action, refers to collaborations across different parts of society to improve the health of populations. These include joined efforts across health, social, and economic sectors, in government, community, and other settings.1 Why multisectoral action? While the medical care system is an important element of our health, m...

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Discover Public Health

A qualitative assessment of multi-sectoral action for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Uttar Pradesh, India

Article

06 Jun 2024

Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on the rise globally, especially affecting vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries. To tackle this, urgent and comprehensive actions are needed. The main preventable risk factors for NCDs are tobacco and alcohol use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and air pollution, rooted in social determinants of health (SDOH). In India, s...

ArticleMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

Participatory Planning of Community-Based Approaches to Healthy Ageing

Guide

30 May 2024

This practical guide underscores the importance of involving older people and community stakeholders at every stage of designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating initiatives for healthy ageing. It offers a clear framework to map out current contexts, identify barriers to healthy ageing in low- and middle‑income settings, and co-design locally relevant, inclusive interventions. The guide...

GuideMultisectoral ActionHealthy Aging

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World Health Organization

Compendium report on multisectoral actions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions: country case studies

Case study

28 May 2024

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions have a profound impact on societies, communities and individuals around the world. Their risk factors and determinants extend beyond the traditional health sector. Addressing this complex challenge necessitates interventions that reach beyond the boundaries of public health and requires a coherent, coordinated approach across all relevan...

Case studyReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Stroke Organization and Philips Healthcare

Time for a Revolution in Stroke Care

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 May 2024

Over the past 30 years the landscape of acute stroke care has been transformed providing cost effective solutions that can save millions of lives and improve outcomes for patients. Despite this potential, globally only 3% of eligible patients have access. Time for a Revolution sets out the evidence base for, and the opportunities that exist to advance access to quality acute stroke and deliver Hea...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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World Health Organization

Tackling NCDs: best buys and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

10 May 2024

This document provides an updated list of “best buys” and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is based on Appendix 3 of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, which was first approved in 2013 and last updated in 2017. The global action plan, which was extended to 2030 by a World Health Assembly d...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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BMJ, Thorax

Availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross sectional study

Article

07 May 2024

Contemporary data on the availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are missing, despite most people with CRDs living in LMICs. Cross-sectional data for seven CRD medicines in pharmacies, healthcare facilities and central medicine stores were collected from 60 LMICs in 2022–2023. Medici...

ArticleChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and services

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Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & its Protocols

Integration of WHO FCTC implementation with the control and prevention of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

07 May 2024

This report has been prepared to assist Parties to the Convention and others working on tobacco control and on the control and prevention of NCDs to create and capitalize on synergies between the implementation of the WHO FCTC and national NCD control efforts, in line with decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the Global Strategy to Accelerate Tobacco Control.&nbsp;

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral Action+5

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World Health Organization

Tackling NCDs Best buys and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

30 Apr 2024

This document provides an updated list of “best buys” and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is based on Appendix 3 of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020, which was first approved in 2013 and last updated in 2017. The global action plan, which was extended to 2030 by a World Health Assembly d...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+13

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