Pediatric Renal Cancer: Disease, Symptoms, Treatment and Support (Briefing 2.1a)
20 Jan 2026
Case study
23 Dec 2025
Pakistan hosts a significant population of children and young people living with type 1 diabetes, many of whom face severe financial and geographic barriers in accessing lifesaving insulin and diabetes supplies. The Promise of Insulin (POI) program,...
17 Dec 2025
2025 was a challenging year for global health. For the Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs (GCM/NCD), it was a year of adapting and strengthening partnerships and activities, and of inspiring and meaningful engagement with countries, people and communities. Here are some of the highlights of how the GCM/NCDs worked to advance multistakeholder and multisectoral action on noncommunicable diseases...
17 Dec 2025
17 Dec 2025
In Kuwait, a two-day, national workshop brought together 33 participants, including directors and programme leads from departments across different technical areas of the Ministry of Health. With support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the workshop strengthened institutional capacity for the operationalization of multisectoral governance for the prevention and control of noncommunicable...
17 Dec 2025
16 Dec 2025
On 15 December, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the political declaration of the fourth high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being. [[10676]]The resolution was adopted with broad Member State support (175 in favour, 2 against, 1 abstention). The adoption of the politi...
16 Dec 2025
Declaration
16 Dec 2025
Political Declaration of the 4th High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being : draft resolution / submitted by the President of the General Ass...
12 Dec 2025
About this Series This article is part of the Lived Experience Perspectives Series, which features firsthand accounts from individuals living with noncommunicable diseases, mental health, or neurological conditions. Each piece highlights one of the key advocacy messages from the WHO Symposium on the Meaningful Engagement of People Living with NCDs, Mental Health, and Neurological Conditions ,...
12 Dec 2025
09 Dec 2025
Upcoming course: Integrating Sex and Gender in Health Research and PolicyOnline | 23 February – 3 April 2026Delivered by the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, in collaboration with the MESSAGE Project at The George Institute for Global HealthSex and gender shape every aspect of human health, influencing disease risk, clinical presentation, treatment response and health outcomes...
09 Dec 2025
05 Dec 2025
The World Health Organization’s Palliative Care Health System Strengthening ECHO initiative has officially concluded the first year's program, marking an important step forward in improving global access to palliative care. Through a series of monthly online sessions, creating a community of practice, this program focused on a health systems approach to improving palliative care access...
05 Dec 2025
03 Dec 2025
Around 1.3 billion persons with disabilities continue to face significant health inequities. Many are linked to how health systems are financed. High out-of-pockets costs, narrow benefit packages and the lack of funding for accessibility and reasonable accommodations keep essential services out of reach. This year's International Day of Persons with Disabilities is focused on disability-inclu...
03 Dec 2025
Burkina Faso
01 Dec 2025
Since 2021, Santé Diabète has been running an ambitious project in Mali, in Burkina Faso and in the Comoros. The aim is to improve the quality of life of people living with diabetes, HIV and tuberculosis, by offering integrated management of these often interrelated diseases.For four years, this project brought together healthcare professionals, associations, ministries and communities to build...
01 Dec 2025