Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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World Health Organization

Global report on hypertension 2025: high stakes: turning evidence into action

Report

23 Sep 2025

The second Global report on hypertension highlights&nbsp;the urgent need to scale up detection, treatment, and control of hypertension, especially at the primary health care level. It showcases proven solutions, country successes, and clear recommendations for governments and partners. Ensuring reliable access to affordable, quality-assured antihypertensive medicines and validated blood pressure d...

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European Lung Foundation

Living with chronic respiratory disease: voices from around the world

Briefs & Fact Sheets

23 Sep 2025

This video features the voices of people living with chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), such as COPD and asthma, from around the world. Through their personal stories, patients share how CRDs affect daily life, the challenges they face in accessing care and what is needed to improve lung health.The video was produced for the high-level UN General Assembly 2025 side event, “Lung health matters...

Briefs & Fact SheetsChronic Respiratory DiseasesMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesAccess to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and health+3

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World Health Organization, NCD Alliance, World Obesity Federation, The George Institute for Global Health

Advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder actions on noncommunicable diseases: thematic issue briefs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

22 Sep 2025

The thematic issue briefs discuss challenges and opportunities in advancing multisectoral and multistakeholder action on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Each brief includes a rationale, stakeholder-specific recommendations and key messages on institutionalizing multisectoral governance, leveraging data and evidence for multisectoral policies and programmes, and strengthening multisectoral narrati...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rights+1

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Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Global epidemiology of chronic respiratory disease

Publication

22 Sep 2025

Chronic respiratory diseases constitute one of the most pressing, yet underappreciated, global health burdens. Determining the burden of disease is fundamental to identify unmet needs at the population level, and reduce individual suffering through improved diagnosis, access to health care, and preventative strategies. Driven by complex socio-environmental factors, respiratory diseases disproporti...

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World Health Organization

Air pollution and health: Training toolkit for health workers

Database

04 Jul 2025

The Air pollution and health training toolkit for health workers (APHT) is a set of materials designed to enable health workers, in both the clinical and public health fields, to understand the health risks of air pollution and identify risk reduction measures. Using a train-the-trainer approach, the APHT toolkit also helps facilitate organization of in-person workshops, online courses etc.

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World Health Organization

Air Pollution Data Portal

Database

04 Jul 2025

WHO monitors the exposure levels and health impacts (i.e., deaths, DALYs) of air pollution at the national, regional, and global level from ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution. Such estimates are used for official reporting like the world health statistics, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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WHO Regional Office for Europe, European Respiratory Society

Chronic respiratory diseases in the WHO European Region

Report

12 Jun 2025

This report on chronic respiratory diseases (‎CRDs)‎ in the WHO European Region, developed by WHO and the European Respiratory Society (‎ERS)‎, highlights that despite progress in reducing CRD mortality, their burden and related inequities remain high.Within the Region, disparities are evident, with high CRD prevalence in the western part, but high hospitalization and mortality rates in th...

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World Health Organization

Noncommunicable diseases: Progress monitor 2025

Publication

05 Jun 2025

The fifth in a series, the World Health Organization's 2025 Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Progress Monitor provides a snapshot of country progress toward meeting global NCD targets and commitments. Drawing on the latest available data, the report assesses national capacity, policy implementation, and health system responses across countries. It serves as a key accountability tool to inform action...

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

WHF Response to Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health 2025

Strategy document

27 May 2025

The World Heart Federation's response outlines the cardiovascular health community's comprehensive feedback and recommendations on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health 2025.

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

WHF Statement on Tackling the Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health and Well-Being Through Multisectoral and Effective Governance and Collaborative Action

Declaration

27 May 2025

This statement was delivered by Prof. Jagat Narula, President of the World Heart Federation, at the UN Multistakeholder Hearing on NCDs in response to a panel discussion on Tackling the Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health and Well-Being Through Multisectoral and Effective Governance and Collaborative Action.&nbsp;

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Action on Smoking and Health

The Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA)

Database

23 May 2025

The Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA) is&nbsp;a global coalition of 100 public health organizations, listed below, who recognize the crucial intersection of tobacco control and environmental health.

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NCD Alliance

Integrating action on air pollution: An advocacy guide towards the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health & beyond

Report

20 May 2025

This advocacy guide is aimed at supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) in making the case for the political prioritisation of air pollution as a critical risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including mental health and neurological conditions. The guide aims to assist CSOs in their preparations for the fourth High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and co...

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution

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