Report
12 Nov 2018
This report presents a snapshot of the progress on NCD prevention and control in the Western Pacific Region in terms of infrastructure, policies, health information systems and health systems capacity as collected in the NCD Country Capacity Survey 2017.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This document is a report of the second intercountry training workshop was conducted in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in February 2017 on subnational initiatives for cardiovascular disease prevention, control, and management in the Mekong countries.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief describes practical actions to address the health disparity in people with severe mental disorders. It provides different stakeholder groups including policy-makers, health-program managers, health-service providers, NGOs and service users and carers with concrete steps they can take to ensure that people with severe mental disorders live healthier and longer lives.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report highlights the achievements of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases over the period 2014 to 2016, in collaboration with Member States, United Nations agencies, colleagues across all clusters and levels of WHO, and other stakeholders who have engaged with the GCM/NCD in helping countries to achieve the nine voluntary targets of...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This action plan provides a roadmap of policies and interventions to realize SDG 3.4 to reduce premature NCD deaths. Heart attacks and strokes can be prevented if people at high risk are detected and treated.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This action plan provides a roadmap of policies and interventions to realize SDG 3.4 to reduce premature NCD deaths, target 3.8 to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), and target 3.b to support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for communicable and noncommunicable diseases.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights that the increasing burden of NCDs is linked strongly to global marketing of tobacco, alcohol, and processed foods and beverages which are high in fat, sugar and/or salt.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the increasing exposure of children and adolescents to tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, and points out the education sector as having a fundamental responsibility to protect children’s health and well-being.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights five main priorities for Heads of State and Government in confronting NCDs.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the effectiveness of price and tax measures at getting people to quit tobacco use and reduce consumption of alcohol and unhealthy foods and beverages.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the role of Ministries of labor and employment in recognizing that the right to health is a fundamental responsibility of the government. It also outlines the importance of governments' work with employers and other partners to tackle NCDs.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights urbanization as a driver of the noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemic. It points out that cost-effective initiatives at municipal and local level can prevent NCDs while delivering wider societal benefits.
