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Argentina: Regulating the marketing of processed and ultra-processed food and drink products (WHO Results Report 2022)

Argentina

05 Jul 2023

WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Argentina has a growing prevalence of overweight and obesity associated with unhealthy diet-related diseases affecting all age groups. This has led to increased morbidity and mortality. The nutritional transition is largely driven by the increase in demand and supply of processed and ultra-processed foods easily available in the cou...

05 Jul 2023

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Data-Driven Development: How Rwanda is Pioneering Health Information Systems for Improved SDG Monitoring

Rwanda

15 Jun 2023

The Government of Rwanda has been deeply committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has taken a whole-of-government approach to owning, integrating, and implementing the SDGs. Integrating the SDGs into national development plans (Vision 2050, the National Strategy for Transformation - NST, NST1 (2017-2024)) reflects the government's continued commitment to using the goals as a bluep...

15 Jun 2023

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Delivering childhood cancer care in fragile and conflict settings: best practices from the occupied Palestine territory

Occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem

15 Jun 2023

"I remember talking to a mother, whose child had cancer, who told me that after many months she was finally able to sleep through the night because her child was now receiving morphine at the hospital and had stopped screaming in pain,” recalls Dr Salwa Massad, a Research Manager for the WHO Palestinian National Institute of Public Health – occupied Palestine territory. Salwa touches upon t...

15 Jun 2023

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Tobacco farmers switch to sustainable crops in Brazil

Brazil

15 Jun 2023

In front of the bountiful table – with rice, beans, meat, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers – Álvaro Luettjohann smiles: “Everything we are about to eat is organic and produced here.” Álvaro and his wife, Adriana, live in Candelária, a small town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Going to their farm feels like walking into an oasis in a neighborhood normal...

15 Jun 2023

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World Diabetes Foundation, Hospitalito Atitlán

How women of Sololá bring change for healthier indigenous communities

Guatemala

08 Jun 2023

In the lush Western highlands of Guatemala, the deep blue gem Lake Atitlán sits quietly, surrounded by volcanoes and colourful Maya villages with distinct customs and deep-seated beliefs. One of these beliefs is that a chronic disease like diabetes is inevitable. &nbsp; Yet change is possible – and it comes from within. &nbsp; This is what inspired Asociación K’aslimaal (Hospital...

08 Jun 2023

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Improving Oral Health and wellbeing in Vanuatu through the community promotion of toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste and healthier food choices (WHO Results Report 2022)

Vanuatu

05 Jun 2023

WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Vanuatu’s 2017 National Oral Health Survey revealed that 5 to 7 year old children had a high prevalence of tooth decay (70 percent), bleeding gums (77 percent), and toothache (10 percent) in their primary teeth which had a negative impact on their physical, mental, and social wellbeing. 40 percent of the children rarely or never b...

05 Jun 2023

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A Social Behavioural Change Communication (SBCC) programme as part of a comprehensive approach to salt reduction in Malaysia (WHO Results Report 2022)

Malaysia

05 Jun 2023

WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Hypertension affects around one third of adults in Malaysia, making it a primary risk factor for mortality and disability. Excessive salt consumption is a major contributor to high blood pressure, with the average Malaysian consuming 7.9 g of salt per day, more than 50% higher than the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommended d...

05 Jun 2023

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Multisectoral approach to NCDs from the management model of healthy cities, environments and ruralities (WHO Results Report 2022)

Colombia

04 Jun 2023

WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are growing public health problem globally, accounting for 76% of premature mortality in Colombia and 80% in the Region of the Americas. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main cause of mortality and morbidity, generating negative social and economic impacts. Economic and social inequalities exacer...

04 Jun 2023

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A patient-centred approach to control hypertension at the Primary care level in India (WHO Results Report 2022)

India

04 Jun 2023

WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), particularly cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), are a major contributor to premature mortality worldwide, with hypertension being especially prevalent in India where an estimated one in four adults suffer from the disease, of which only 10 percent have their blood pressure under control. To help India...

04 Jun 2023

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Improving early detection and treatment of NCDs in Ghana (WHO Results Report 2022)

Ghana

04 Jun 2023

WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases, have become the leading cause of death in most countries, accounting for approximately 74% deaths globally. In Ghana, 45% of all deaths are due to NCDs, yet the capacity to address NCDs in primary health care (PHC)...

04 Jun 2023

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Thailand: Improving hypertension care cascade with more than 60% control rate through innovation

Thailand

31 May 2023

The Ministry of Public Health of Thailand commemorated the World Health Day 2023 with an online advocacy campaign calling the public to “Know their numbers” by measuring their blood pressure regularly and correctly.&nbsp; According to the National Health Examination Survey, in 2021, the estimated Thais with hypertension is 14 million&nbsp;&nbsp; and only about 50% of them are recorded to be un...

31 May 2023

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Timor-Leste: 50,000 people with hypertension and diabetes on standard care by 2025

Timor-Leste

18 May 2023

Timor-Leste has rolled out an ambitious program of preventing and managing non communicable diseases titled&nbsp; ‘Timor-Leste Hearts’, which aims to place 50,000 people with hypertension and diabetes on standard care by 2025. The announcement was done at the celebrations for WHO's 75th anniversary organized jointly by the Ministry of Health and WHO Timor-Leste.&nbsp;

18 May 2023

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