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The George Institute for Global Health

COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases: systematic mapping of registered clinical trials

Publication

29 Sep 2020

The George Institute undertook a systematic analysis of global COVID-19 related registered clinical trials by mapping how they relate to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Our analysis outlines the current challenges, and provides recommendations about...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCommunicable diseasesUnhealthy diets+3

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NCD Alliance

Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm - Unhealthy commodity industries and COVID-19

Report

15 Sep 2020

Signalling Virtue, Promoting Harm: Unhealthy commodity industries and COVID-19, authored by the NCD Alliance and the SPECTRUM Consortium, is a preliminary exposé and analysis of tactics and strategies adopted by the unhealthy commodity industries du...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCommunicable diseasesNutrition and food safetyHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+7

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World Health Organization

Countdown to 2030 WHO report on global trans fat elimination 2020

Report

10 Sep 2020

In May 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the global elimination of industrially produced TFA by 2023 and released the REPLACE action framework. The framework is a roadmap for countries to implement the prompt, complete and sustaine...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+5

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World Health Organization

Personal interventions and risk communication on Air Pollution

Report

04 Sep 2020

This report presents the results of an expert consultation whose objectives were to review and assess the current scientific evidence on questions related to protection measures that indivi­duals can take (or so-called personal interventions) to red...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEnvironment, climate change and healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+4

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NCD Child

Learning from NCD Child Advocacy Workshops and Projects: Building Future Policy Opportunities for Health and Education

Report

13 Aug 2020

This report focuses on the future, drawing on experiences from past NCD Child workshops and small grants. It explores the potential for increased collaboration between the health and education sectors, as key drivers of the response to non-communicab...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+8

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World Health Organization

Digital Health: A Strategy to Maintain Health Care for People Living with Noncommunicable Diseases during COVID-19

Strategy document

10 Aug 2020

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death and disability worldwide. Effective management of these chronic conditions depends largely on continuous, responsive, accessible, and quality services and successful patient engagement and s...

Strategy documentCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsDigital health and innovation+4

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and waterpipe use increases the risk of COVID-19

Guide

03 Aug 2020

This Q&amp;A is based on, and benefitted from, the most recent evidence on COVID-19 and tobacco use. Although evidence is still accumulating on the links between COVID-19 and tobacco, waterpipe and e-products use, current research suggests a possible...

GuideCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesCommunicable diseasesTobacco use+2

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World Health Organization

Q&A: Tobacco and COVID-19

Guide

03 Aug 2020

Questions and answers on tobacco and COVID-19.

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCommunicable diseasesTobacco use+4

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World Health Organization

Smoking and COVID-19: Scientific Brief

Article

03 Aug 2020

The harms of tobacco use are well-established. Tobacco causes 8 million deaths every year from cardiovascular diseases, lung disorders, cancers, diabetes, and hypertension.1 Smoking tobacco is also a known risk factor for severe disease and death fro...

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World Health Organization

Front Line Workers Procedures that Font Workers Can Set Things Right to Know Latest Updates Avoid Hyper-information and COVID19: Dealing with Stress

Guide

03 Aug 2020

Going to work during the Covid 19-pandemic has put frontline workers under enormous and unprecedented pressure, putting their physical and psychological integrity and social well-being at risk. Prolonged exposure to stress may have many consequences...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCommunicable diseasesTobacco use+5

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World Health Organization

WHO statement on heated tobacco products and the US FDA decision regarding IQOS

Article

03 Aug 2020

WHO takes this opportunity to remind Member States that are Parties to the WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) of their obligations under the Convention. Heated tobacco products are tobacco products, meaning that the WHO FCTC fully app...

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees & International Rescue Committee

Integrating Non-communicable Disease Care in Humanitarian Settings

Guide

01 Aug 2020

The purpose of this document is to serve as an operational guide for public health staff of humanitarian organizations providing healthcare in humanitarian settings in order to ensure that care for persons with noncommunicable disease is included and...

GuideCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+3

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