World Health Organization
Key Messages for Breast Cancer Awareness Month| October 2024
Briefs & Fact Sheets
01 Oct 2024
Key Messages for Breast Cancer Awareness Month from the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative
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Implementation Science Communication
Implementation factors for patient navigation program success: a qualitative study
Report
30 Sep 2024
Abstract Background: Patient navigation (PN) is an evidence‐based practice that involves assessing and addressing individual barriers to care for patients. While PN has shown effectiveness in numerous studies, designing successful, sustainable PN programs has remained challenging for many healthcare organizations. The purpose of the present study was to examine implementation fa...
American Cancer Society
American Cancer Society: BEACON Initiative
Article
30 Sep 2024
Are you an oncology professional or a cancer organization professional from a low- or middle-income country or other low-resource setting? Are you trying to establish or improve an oncology patient navigation program to help people access cancer diagnosis and treatment services more easily? Are you looking for best practices, resources, and tools that will support you in this effort? Are you looki...
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
What are patient navigators and how can they improve integration of care?
30 Sep 2024
This brief’s key messages are: The patient navigator role originated in the USA. It is designed to support patients in finding their way through health and social care systems, and to help them overcome barriers to accessing services. Although evidence on the effectiveness of patient navigator programmes is limited, available studies indicate that they can contribute to improving a...
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Social media cards and messages for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Sep 2024
These ready-made social media cards and messages can be used to raise awareness about key information on breast cancer.
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Abstracts of the World Cancer Congress Geneva Switzerland 17-19 September 2024
Report
30 Sep 2024
It is with great pleasure that we present this collection of abstracts, selected from the top 200 submissions to the 2024 World Cancer Congress, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from the 17th to the 19th of September. This compilation reflects the diversity, innovation, and pursuit of knowledge from researchers, programme managers, policy makers and advocates from around the world. It charac...
NCD Alliance
The Call to Lead on NCDs: Three actions governments must take
30 Sep 2024
This open letter to world leaders serves as a crucial advocacy tool, urging all governments to fulfil their commitments to address the burden of NCDs. It calls on Member States to take decisive action at the Fourth UN High-level Meeting on NCDs in September 2025. Open to civil society endorsement, including both organisations and individuals, this sign-on letter will be delivered to world leaders...
CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
Patient navigation across the cancer care continuum: An overview of systematic reviews and emerging literature
Publication
29 Sep 2024
Patient navigation is a strategy for overcoming barriers to reduce disparities and to improve access and outcomes. The aim of this umbrella review was to identify, critically appraise, synthesize, and present the best available evidence to inform policy and planning regarding patient navigation across the cancer continuum. Systematic reviews examining navigation in cancer care were identified in t...
World Health Organization
Handbook for non-State actors on engagement with the World Health Organization, second edition
Guide
27 Sep 2024
This Handbook walks non-State actors engaging with the World Health Organization (WHO) through the principles and processes of the Framework of engagement with non-State actors (FENSA) to ensure smooth interaction with WHO. The Handbook does not replace the text of FENSA. The Framework adopted by WHO Member States will be applied by the WHO Secretariat when engaging with non‑State actors.&nbs...
World Health Organization
Working for a brighter, healthier future
Publication
27 Sep 2024
WHO has progressively strengthened its work for adolescent health, growing its portfolio of research, norms and standards, country support and advocacy, and expanding the scope of work across over 17 departments, regional and country offices to address the multifaceted needs of the global adolescent population. Central to a coordinated approach to adolescent health across the organization is the H...
World Health Organization
Guidance for monitoring healthy diets globally
Guide
27 Sep 2024
Monitoring of dietary intake at national and global levels is becoming increasingly important with the changing food systems and diets. Better measurement and monitoring are needed to support governments in establishing policies and programmes to promote healthy diets and assess the effectiveness of these actions. However, there is lack of consensus on the indicators that best capture the properti...
World Health Organization
WHO compendium of innovative health technologies for low-resource settings 2024
Publication
27 Sep 2024
Access to appropriate, affordable, effective, and safe health technologies is paramount, especially in low-resource settings, where burden of non-communicable diseases adds on to the infectious diseases. NCDs account for a staggering 74% of global deaths, with 86% of premature fatalities occurring in resource-constrained regions. Cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic resp...