Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet covers the 10 different steps that are suggested in order to combat the illicit trade and smuggling of tobacco. It states 10 comprehensive steps that should be taken in order to ensure that the problem of illicit tobacco trade can be effectively combated.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet covers the 10 different steps that are suggested in order to combat the illicit trade and smuggling of tobacco. It states 10 comprehensive steps that should be taken in order to ensure that the problem of illicit tobacco trade can be effectively combated.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet shows that the tobacco industry has claimed that high taxes drive smuggling and has sometimes argued successfully to governments that they should not increase tobacco tax because this will increase the level of smuggling.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet shows the evidence of the direct and indirect involvement of the tobacco industry in cigarette smuggling. This fact sheet states that evidence of complicity of the tobacco industry in cigarette smuggling extends to Lebanon and the Middle East, where the illicit tobacco trade has benefited from weak governance.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report provides a situational analysis of the progress made in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in implementing the WHO recommendations and identifies issues Member States need to consider when adopting policies intended to restrict the marketing of unhealthy food to children.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on noncommunicable disease surveillance, the WHO STEPwise approach to surveillance, and the rationale for investment into noncommunicable surveillance in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
This guidance document aims to ensure that the health sector works with partners in the environment and other related communities, and follows a systematic process to: Engage in the overall NAP process at the national level; identify national strategic goals for building health resilience to climate change; and develop a national plan with prioritized activities to achieve these goals, within a sp...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document details the structure and responsibilities of the WHO Civil Society Working Group on the third high level meeting on NCDs. The Working Group’s aim was to advise the Director-General on bold and practical recommendations on mobilizing civil society in a meaningful manner to advocate for a highly successful high-level meeting.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
The objective of this publication is to make available WHO recommendations on adolescent health in one easy-to-access document for WHO staff, policy-makers, programme managers, and health professionals. The compilation can also help better define gaps to prioritize guideline updates.
Report
17 Oct 2018
The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual snapshot of the state of the world’s health. This 2018 edition contains the latest available data for 36 health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This meeting report provides a full summary of the overall key messages and way forward for this collaborative agenda, as well as session-by-session briefs.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This publication is a WHO-released quantitative assessment of the health impacts of climate change. It constitutes an update and a further development of the assessment that was first published by WHO for the year 2000, now with a wider range of health impacts, and projections for future years.
