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International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations

Reinforcing collaboration on Universal Health Coverage to deliver greater global health equity and health security

Strategy document

04 Apr 2024

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is defined to mean that everyone, everywhere, should have access to the health services (health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment) they need without risking falling into financial hardship. UHC is a ma...

Strategy documentCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+7

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Collaborating to achieve universal health coverage

Publication

04 Apr 2024

Explore how the innovative pharmaceutical industry is partnering to ensure innovation and access contribute to global health progress and improve lives everywhere in this report.The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) explicitly strive to engage the...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+8

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Action on NCDs: How the innovative pharmaceutical industry helps bridge the care gap

Publication

04 Apr 2024

Through concerted and collaborative action to address NCDs, the global health community, including the innovative pharmaceutical industry, can contribute to global health progress, improve lives,&nbsp;and regain the momentum we need for action on NCD...

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BMC Palliative Care

Palliative care progress in Benin: a situation analysis using the WHO development indicators

Article

13 Mar 2024

This article describes the first macro-level assessment of the status of palliative care development in Benin. A set of indicators adopted by the World Health Organization has enabled an understanding of the gaps in education, essential medicines, an...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+4
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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Addressing noncommunicable diseases in emergencies: a regional framework for action

Briefs & Fact Sheets

11 Mar 2024

The Eastern Mediterranean Region faces numerous emergencies due to natural and human-made hazards. These emergencies disrupt health systems, increasing morbidity and mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).&nbsp;The framework aims to integrate...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+6

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Palliative Care- How Can We Respond to 10 years of Limited Progress (World Innovation Summit for Health Report)

Report

07 Mar 2024

The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) report, "Palliative Care: How Can We Respond to 10 Years of Limited Progress," highlights the slow advancement in global palliative care despite the 2014 World Health Assembly Resolution 67.19, which call...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+6

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World Health Organization

Household air pollution

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Around 2.3 billion people worldwide (around a third of the global population) cook using open fires or inefficient stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal, which generates harmful household air...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+1

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World Health Organization

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.23 million deaths in 2019. Nearly 90% of COPD deaths in those under 70 years of age occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMI...

Briefs & Fact SheetsChronic Respiratory DiseasesHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionTobacco use+1

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Global Progress Achieved at WHO Tobacco Treaty Negotiations (FCTC COP 10) in Panama

Guide

12 Feb 2024

ASH welcomes several groundbreaking decisions that will kick start global progress to accelerate the end of the tobacco epidemic:Human Rights Decision: encourages Parties to consider including WHO FCTC principles and implementation efforts when engag...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+6

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Journal of Patient Experience

Meaningful Engagement of People Living With Noncommunicable Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities

Article

08 Feb 2024

Meaningful engagement of people living with health conditions means actively incorporating them in all stages of health decision-making. Despite efforts by global health agencies and governments towards meaningful engagement of people living with non...

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Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & its Protocols

The Global Case for Investment in Tobacco Control

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Jan 2024

Even though the prevalence and absolute number of current tobacco users aged 15 years old or older has declined steadily in the 20 years since the adoption of the WHO FCTC, the journey is far from over. Over 8.7 million lives continue to be lost each...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+5

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (‎COPD)

Publication

14 Nov 2023

This document is the&nbsp;eighth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries. This document is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This...

PublicationChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use

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