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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Avoidable mortality, risk factors and policies for tackling noncommunicable diseases – leveraging data for impact: monitoring commitments in the WHO European Region ahead of the Fourth United Nations High-Level Meeting

Report

27 Jun 2025

Noncommunicable diseases (‎NCDs)‎, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, remain the leading cause of death and disability in the WHO European Region. Approximately 1.8 million deaths annually are avoidable, with 60% preventable through reduced exposure to risk factors and public health interventions, and 40% treatable with timely and high-quality...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+7

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Critical Actions for Mental Health Promotion

Publication

28 Nov 2024

This Position Statement was prepared on behalf of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Mental Health Promotion

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionPrevention of violence and injuries+1
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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

WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Sep 2023

Decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts represents one critical step governments can take in their efforts to prevent suicide. The&nbsp;WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts&nbsp;cites data and research to make a case for decriminalizing suicide globally. &nbsp;It also includes case examples from countries that have recently decrimina...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPrevention of violence and injuries

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NCD Child

Mental Health Advocacy and Action in Europe

Report

20 Apr 2023

This report summarizes key findings from a&nbsp;European Regional Workshop entitled ‘Mental Health Advocacy and Action’ in&nbsp;partnership with The George Institute for Global Health and NCD Child. The report: &nbsp; Presents a diverse range of case studies from experts who are working to reduce premature mortality from mental illnesses and suicide across Europe and globally. Unpacks...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotion+1

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World Health Organization

Person-centred communication for female genital mutilation prevention: a facilitator’s guide for training health-care providers

Guide

03 Feb 2022

Evidence shows that FGM can cause several physical, mental and sexual health complications&nbsp;in girls and women, and in newborns. Health-care providers play an important role in&nbsp;supporting girls and women living with FGM, and improving their health and well-being. They&nbsp;are in a unique position to influence and change the attitudes of their patients about FGM.WHO is committed to scalin...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rightsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPrevention of violence and injuries

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World Health Organization

Urban health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

29 Oct 2021

Key facts Over 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas and this is set to rise to 68% by 2050. Almost 40% of urban dwellers have no access to safely managed sanitation services and many lack access to adequate drinking water. An estimated 91% of people in urban areas breathe polluted air. Poorly designed urban transport systems create a range of threats including road traff...

Briefs & Fact SheetsEnvironment, climate change and healthPrevention of violence and injuriesSocial determinants of healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+1

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World Health Organization

LIVE LIFE: An implementation guide for suicide prevention in countries

Guide

17 Jun 2021

Governments and communities can contribute to suicide prevention by implementing LIVE LIFE – WHO’s approach to starting suicide prevention so that countries can build on it further to develop a comprehensive national suicide prevention strategy. The guide is for all countries, with or without a national suicide prevention strategy; national or local focal points for suicide prevention, mental...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPrevention of violence and injuries

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World Health Organization

Injuries and violence

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Mar 2021

Key facts Injuries – both unintentional and violence-related – take the lives of 4.4 million people around the world each year and constitute nearly 8% of all deaths. For people age 5-29 years, 3 of the top 5 causes of death are injury-related, namely road traffic injuries, homicide and suicide. Injuries and violence are responsible for an estimated 10% of all years lived with disabi...

Briefs & Fact SheetsPrevention of violence and injuries

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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.

ArticleCommunicable diseasesPrevention of violence and injuries

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World Health Organization

Preventing suicide: A global imperative

Report

26 Nov 2018

This report aims to increase awareness of the public health significance of suicide and suicide attempts, to make suicide prevention a higher priority on the global public health agenda, and to encourage and support countries to develop or strengthen comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a multisectoral public health approach.

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPrevention of violence and injuries

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World Health Organization

Suicide prevention: toolkit for engaging communities

Guide

26 Nov 2018

This document is a guide for people who would like to initiate suicide prevention activities in their community. It describes a participatory bottom-up process by which communities can work together to identify, prioritize and implement activities that are important and appropriate to their local context and that can influence and shape policy and services.

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPrevention of violence and injuries

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