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20 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

Afghanistan’s successful deployment of the NCD emergency kit shows the importance of integrating NCD services into primary health care to save lives

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are currently causing an estimated 109 000 deaths every year in Afghanistan. In order to address this burden, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health jointly with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners deployed the NCD emergency kit in four primary health care centers in different provinces with declared emergencies. The Kit supports treatment for...

20 Mar 2019

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)

Tobacco and Human Rights Resource Hub

Database

19 Mar 2019

When people think of tobacco, they often think of it as a public health problem, but it is a human rights problem as well. The marketing and sale of tobacco violate the right to health and life of people all around the world. ASH has been working to...

DatabaseCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use+2

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Conflict and Health

Host country responses to non-communicable diseases amongst Syrian refugees: a review

Publication

14 Mar 2019

Background Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey have hosted large refugee populations, with a high pre-conflict burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Objectives We aimed to describe the ways in...

PublicationRefugee and migrant healthSocial determinants of health

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14 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

WHO unveils sweeping reforms in drive towards “triple billion” targets

WHO today announced the most wide-ranging reforms in the Organization’s history to modernize and strengthen the institution to play its role more effectively and efficiently as the world’s leading authority on public health. &nbsp;The changes are designed to support countries in achieving the ambitious “triple billion” targets that are at the heart of WHO’s strategic plan for the next fi...

14 Mar 2019

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14 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

Women and emergency telecommunications: Building gender equality into the global response

Women and children account for more than 75 per cent of the refugees and displaced persons at risk from war, famine, persecution and natural disasters, according to the United Nations Population Fund. But access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) has a major impact on people’s ability to prepare for, survive and recover from disasters. &nbsp; Data from the International Fede...

14 Mar 2019

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13 Mar 2019

United Nations Population Fund

Ramping up cervical cancer prevention efforts in the Republic of Moldova

CHISINAU, Moldova –&nbsp;Irina Starciac, 46, was certain she was healthy. "I never had any symptoms that would get me worried,” she said. She was lucky, then, that her family doctor decided to screen her for cervical cancer last September.

13 Mar 2019

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13 Mar 2019

World Diabetes Foundation

WDF and UNICEF join forces to prevent NCDs in children

On 5 March, the Chairman of UNICEF Denmark and the Chairman of the World Diabetes Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate collaboration between the two organisations in an area of common interest: preventing diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).&nbsp; Read more here.

13 Mar 2019

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08 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

WHO launches the hearWHO app for mobile devices to help detect hearing loss

1 March 2018: GENEVA - Ahead of the annual World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched "hearWHO", a free application for mobile devices which allows people to check their hearing regularly and intervene early in case of hearing loss. The app is targeted at those who are at risk of hearing loss or who already experience some of the symptoms related to hearing loss....

08 Mar 2019

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FDI World Dental Federation

Oral Health Atlas 2nd Edition (2015): The Challenge of Oral Disease – A call for global action

Publication

08 Mar 2019

The second edition of the Oral Health Atlas highlights the extent of oral diseases worldwide and reflects on policies and strategies addressing the global burden. It presents a summary of key oral health issues, including: the impact and burden of or...

PublicationCancerHarmful use of alcoholUnhealthy dietsTobacco use+2

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FDI World Dental Federation

Oral Health Observatory APP

Database

08 Mar 2019

The Oral Health Observatory (OHO) was launched in 2014 to generate standardized data on oral health. An app and online questionnaires have been developed for dental practitioners and patients to collect data on oral health behaviours, healthcare need...

DatabaseHarmful use of alcoholUnhealthy dietsTobacco use+1

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FDI World Dental Federation

Oral health for an ageing population: Achieving a healthy ageing society

Strategy document

08 Mar 2019

Lifelong oral health aims to maintain good oral health and optimal quality of life through oral health promotion, risk assessment, disease prevention, early diagnosis, and intervention at all stages of life. Read the eight core pillars of oral health...

Strategy documentHarmful use of alcoholUnhealthy dietsTobacco use+1

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FDI World Dental Federation

Accelerating action on oral health and NCDs: Achieving an integrated response

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2019

This policy brief highlights associations between oral diseases and NCDs, and provides recommendations for their prevention and control.

Briefs & Fact SheetsTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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