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NCD Alliance

Putting Non-communicable diseases on the global agenda

Briefs & Fact Sheets

21 Jan 2025

A briefing paper by the NCD Alliance highlighting barriers and opportunities for improving access to essential medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It outlines key challenges such as availability, affordability, and equitable distribution, and provides policy recommendations to address these issues, emphasizing the importance of global and national action to meet health...

Briefs & Fact SheetsAccess to essential medicines and services

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NCD Alliance

Access to Essential Medicines and Technologies for NCDs

21 Jan 2025

Hundreds of millions with NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are dying prematurely or suffering life threatening complications because they cannot access affordable and essential NCD medicines and technologies. Many of these lifesaving medicines are proven to work and cost just cents to produce. We have the medicines and technologies to save lives, but international funding is not av...

CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF)

TIF AI KNOWLEDGE BOT: Your Go-To Source for Thalassaemia Information

21 Jan 2025

In the world of healthcare, staying well-informed is crucial. This is why the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) has recently launched the TIF AI Knowledge Bot, a pioneering tool that integrates the power of AI technology with TIF’s extensive and reputable resources on thalassaemia. Its purpose is to make access to accurate information about this genetic condition quicker and easier tha...

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WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

On the Road to 2025: a WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region multi-stakeholder consultation in preparation for the Fourth UN High-level Meeting on NCDs

Report

20 Jan 2025

The preparatory process for the fourth High-level Meeting on NCDs aims to address gaps and identify solutions to accelerate progress towards achieving SDG target 3.4 on NCDs and mental health by 2030 (to reduce by one third premature mortality from NCDs through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being), and to set strategic directions towards the anticipated 2050 agenda. T...

ReportMultisectoral Action

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United for Global Mental Health

UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health - Priorities for Mental Health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

19 Jan 2025

The UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health in September 2025 marks a pivotal moment to prioritise mental health on the global stage.&nbsp; Mental health is now a central focus of a UN HLM agenda providing a unique opportunity to drive transformative commitments and accelerate progress.This HLM briefing by the Global Mental Health Action Network highlights key pr...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultistakeholder Collaboration

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World Health Organization

Health equity for persons with disabilities: guide for action: executive summary

Guide

14 Jan 2025

An estimated 1.3 billion people globally experience significant disability. This figure has grown over the last decade and will continue to rise due to demographic and epidemiological changes. In 2022, the World Health Organization launched the Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities. This report demonstrated that many persons with disabilities are still being left behind. Exp...

GuideMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesDisability and rehabilitation

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

World Cancer Day 2025 - The campaign

Case study

03 Jan 2025

THE NEW WORLD CANCER DAY THEME 2025-2027 “UNITED BY UNIQUE” PLACES PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF CARE AND THEIR STORIES AT THE HEART OF THE CONVERSATION.&nbsp;Cancer is more than just a medical diagnosis — it’s a deeply personal matter.&nbsp;Behind every diagnosis lies a unique human story - stories of grief, pain, healing, resilience, love and more. That’s why a people-centred approach to can...

Case studyCancerPrimary health care

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World Stroke Organization

Averting a global health crisis Pragmatic policy interventions to prevent stroke

Briefs & Fact Sheets

02 Jan 2025

This policy brief sets out pragmatic, evidence-based interventions to prevent stroke at population, healthcare system, and individual levels. It highlights cost-effective policies, risk factor management, and multisectoral strategies to support governments in reducing the global stroke burden

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Implementing the WHO Indicators for assessing palliative care development in three countries: a Do-It-Yourself approach.

Article

01 Jan 2025

The report assesses global palliative care using 14 WHO indicators to identify health system strengths and weaknesses at the country level. Pilot projects in Benin, Morocco, and Uruguay and a’Do-it-yourself’ approach offer valuable insights and applicable lessons for global palliative care development that can be replicated in other countries.

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetes+2
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Podcast "Let's Talk Cancer" – 'Rewriting Cancer': stories of resilience and change in cancer care

Article

19 Dec 2024

In this episode of Let’s Talk Cancer, discover a series of short, 5mn branded films produced for UICC by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, entitled 'Rewriting Cancer'. This initiative highlights people’s experiences with cancer around the world: patients, their loved ones, caregivers, medical professionals, volunteers. &nbsp;While the 'Rewriting Cancer' series is anchored in people’s ex...

ArticleCancerMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesHealth promotion

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NCD Alliance

PODCAST: Health on the agenda: financing UHC and NCDs

Article

17 Dec 2024

In this episode, we’re looking ahead to UHC Day, on 12 December. The 2024 theme is Health: it’s on the government!&nbsp;UHC of course stands for Universal Health Coverage, and today we’re talking about financing for UHC and its relationship to NCDs financing. Our guest is Professor David Watkins, of the departments of Medicine and Global Health at the University of Washington. We will delve...

ArticleHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Women’s Cancer in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: Situation analysis and investment case report

Report

16 Dec 2024

In response to calls from Member States for evidence-based guidance, WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean conducted a comprehensive situation analysis and investment case on the impact of women’s cancers on health systems and economies. The findings underscore the urgent need for early intervention to mitigate the growing crisis. Key takeaways include:In 2020, breast and cervica...

ReportCancerMultistakeholder Collaboration

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