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World Diabetes Foundation, The Lancet

Integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa (INTE-AFRICA): a pragmatic cluster-randomised, controlled trial

Article

27 May 2023

In sub-Saharan Africa, health-care provision for chronic conditions is fragmented. The aim of this study was to determine whether integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension led to improved rates of retention in care for people with diabetes or hypertension without adversely affecting rates of HIV viral suppression among people with HIV when compared to standard vertical care in mediu...

ArticleBriefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesCommunicable diseases+1

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World Health Organization

Monitoring service integration and engaging stakeholders: experience from Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania

Case study

17 May 2023

Background: Although integration of services for HIV and NCDs has been proven to improve compliance, evidence for the socioeconomic consequences, such as economies of scale for providers and patients, is lacking. This study addressed use of clinical resources, staff time, relative service efficiency and overall social costs associated with integrating HIV, diabetes and hypertension services in...

Case studyCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMultistakeholder CollaborationCommunicable diseases+1

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

2023 Global Progress Report on Implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Report

07 May 2023

The 2023 Global Progress Report on Implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco&nbsp;Control is the tenth in the series of reports prepared since the entry into force of the WHO Framework&nbsp;Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) on 27 February 2005. The report reflects a period when&nbsp;the world began to breathe again after the suffocating experience of COVID-19, the most serio...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral Action+5

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World Health Organization

Global breast cancer initiative implementation framework: assessing, strengthening and scaling up of services for the early detection and management of breast cancer: executive summary

Publication

03 Feb 2023

Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. The Global Breast Cancer Initiative strives to reduce breast cancer mortality by 2.5 percent per year, which over a 20-year period can save 2.5 million lives. The purpose of this core technical package is to outline a pathway for incre...

PublicationCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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Global Asthma Network

Asthma management and control in children, adolescents, and adults in 25 countries: a Global Asthma Network Phase I cross-sectional study

Article

01 Feb 2023

Background Asthma is one of the most common non-communicable diseases globally. This study aimed to assess asthma medicine use, management plan availability, and disease control in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood across different country settings. Methods We used data from the Global Asthma Network Phase I cross-sectional epidemiological study (2015–20). A validated, written quest...

ArticleChronic Respiratory DiseasesPrimary health care

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WHO Regional Office of the Eastern Mediterranean

Stories from the field: sharing successful strategies from the Eastern Mediterranean Region in mitigating noncommunicable diseases and mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

01 Jan 2023

This publication concentrates on unpublished accounts of what Eastern Mediterranean Region countries have done to address noncommunicable diseases and mental health issues, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is not to give a complete picture of each country’s overall strategy, but to share knowledge and experience with other countries around the world as we confront the global...

Multisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseasesEnvironment, climate change and health+3

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World Health Organization, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Primary health care measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary health care lens. Web annex: technical specifications

Guide

16 Mar 2022

The first-ever globally normative and endorsed PHC measurement and monitoring framework, and the official measurement framework in support of the Declaration of Astana and Operational Framework for PHC. As countries strive to reorient their health systems around the principles of primary health care, this Framework responds to Member States’ request to monitor primary health care performance to...

GuideHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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World Health Organization, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Primary health care measurement framework and indicators: monitoring health systems through a primary health care lens

Guide

16 Mar 2022

The first-ever globally normative and endorsed PHC measurement and monitoring framework, and the official measurement framework in support of the Declaration of Astana and Operational Framework for PHC. As countries strive to reorient their health systems around the principles of primary health care, this Framework responds to Member States’ request to monitor primary health care performance to...

GuideHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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World Council of Churches

Health-Promoting Churches volume II: A handbook to accompany churches in establishing and running sustainable health promotion ministries

Publication

07 Aug 2021

With an endorsement from the WHO Director General and available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, this handbook builds on the earlier volume and helps churches to move from knowledge to action. Steering away from technical jargon, it provides hands-on guide from "Getting started", baseline assessment, establishing a church health committee, to impact evaluation. This handbook was develop...

PublicationHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotion+2

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BMJ Global Health

Integration of non-communicable disease and HIV/AIDS management: a review of healthcare policies and plans in East Africa

Publication

04 May 2021

Background Low-income and middle-income countries are struggling to manage growing numbers of patients with chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), while services for patients with HIV infection are well established. There have been calls for integration of HIV and NCD services to increase efficiency and improve coverage of NCD care, although evidence of effectiveness remains unclear. In this...

PublicationCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care

Publication

30 Sep 2020

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behavioural factors. The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (CVDs like heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD and asthma) and diabet...

PublicationAccess to essential medicines and servicesPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

Community-based health care, including outreach and campaigns, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Guide

26 Aug 2020

Community-based health care is an essential part of primary care at all times; in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the distinct capacity of trusted community members for social engagement and delivering care where it is needed is ever more critical. This joint WHO, UNICEF and IFRC guidance addresses the role of community-based health care in the pandemic context. It includes practical recomme...

GuideCommunicable diseasesPrimary health care

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