Publication
26 Nov 2018
This document is for humanitarian health actors working at national and sub-national level in countries facing humanitarian emergencies. It gives an overview of essential knowledge that humanitarian health actors should have about mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS) in humanitarian emergencies.
Guide
26 Nov 2018
This guide covers psychological first aid which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It gives a framework for supporting people in ways that respect their dignity, culture and abilities.
Guide
26 Nov 2018
This report provides detailed accounts from 10 diverse emergency-affected areas on the impact of emergency situations on mental health problems and the weakening of existing mental health infrastructure. It also summarizes key overlapping practices emerging from these experiences.
Publication
26 Nov 2018
This intervention guide contains first-line management recommendations for mental, neurological and substance use conditions for non-specialist health-care providers in humanitarian emergencies where access to specialists and treatment options is limited.
Article
16 Nov 2018
This publication proposes specific actions organized by phase of the humanitarian response, as well as some potential indicators for assessment of progress.
13 Nov 2018
The WHO Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention (NVI) advances global health through the management of NCDs; the improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities; and the prevention of violence, injury, vision and hearing loss.
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report highlights political commitments made at the NCD high-level meetings of the General Assembly in 2011 and 2014, at the World Health Assembly through the 2010 WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (the global alcohol strategy) [3], and in the WHO global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2020.
Database
12 Nov 2018
This interactive web-based platform presents global cancer statistics to inform cancer control and cancer research. The platform focuses on the visualization of cancer indicators to illustrate the changing scale, epidemiological profile, and impact of the disease worldwide, using data from several key projects of IARC’s Section of Cancer Surveillance (CSU).
Database
12 Nov 2018
Launched in September 2016, this NCD document repository provides access to over 2900 documents containing NCD targets, policies, and guidelines submitted by Member States to WHO.
Database
12 Nov 2018
This databade aims to improve the quality and human rights conditions in inpatient and outpatient mental health and social care facilities and empower organizations to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.
Fact sheet
12 Nov 2018
This WHO regional office page provides several country fact sheets, publications and other relevent resources regarding the effect of implementing MPOWER policies consistent with the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC).
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report is on the IEHK, which aimed to meet the initial primary health care needs of a displaced population when medical facilities and the supply chain are disrupted or destroyed in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster or during a conflict.
