Report
18 Apr 2024
The Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention incorporates new scientific information about asthma based on a review of recent scientific literature by an international panel of experts on the GINA Science Committee. This co...
Database
18 Apr 2024
A resource hub on sustainable financing mechanisms. Throughout this hub, one can: Get an overview of health financing, the international guiding principles for health financing, and health promotion funds in various countries. Find out how mu...
17 Apr 2024
In Sub-Saharan Africa, many countries face a double disease burden with high HIV prevalence and a rise in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. In Ghana, NCDs account for 43% of premature deaths, while HIV prevalence is at 1.6%. Prevention and care services for HIV and NCDs are currently provided separately, despite multiple benefits of an integrated approach to clinic...
17 Apr 2024
17 Apr 2024
Like me, many people living with NCDs are afraid that their lives will be cut short and lost too soon. I lived most of my 20’s afraid that I’d never make it to 30. A close friend of mine intimated the same to me the other day. The choices we’ve both made reflect this as they’ve often been made out of fear, uncertainty, dread, lack or even a combination of the four. Living with a chronic...
17 Apr 2024
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Apr 2024
This website entails several resources related to Asthma Right Care initiative. These include: 1. Question and challenge cards - useful for icebreakers, chats, discussion fora, social media 2. Asthma SABA Slide rule - which explores how many pu...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Apr 2024
In 2021, the IPCRG initiated the COPD Right Care programme that follows the principles of the successful Asthma Right Care movement. We are building a global social movement to improve care for people living with Chronic Obstructi...
15 Apr 2024
The global health community is on a tight deadline in its fight against NCDs, and every voice matters. Civil society should come together for greater action across sectors to ensure strengthened and efficient NCD response at national, regional and global levels. The WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs (CSWG) is a WHO informal network of NCD-related civil society organizations (CSOs) establi...
15 Apr 2024
15 Apr 2024
HIGHLIGHTS The World Cancer Research Fund's Global Cancer Update Programme study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, suggests that physical activity and a diet rich in plants and whole grains, including coffee, may enhance survival for colorectal cancer patients. The study, while indicating potential benefits of certain lifestyle changes, calls for more extensive resear...
15 Apr 2024
10 Apr 2024
A radical shift in global public health is needed to avert millions of preventable and premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, as well as mental health conditions. Primary health care (PHC) approaches present an important opportunity to transform and innovate how NCD and mental health services are deliv...
10 Apr 2024
Briefs & Fact Sheets
09 Apr 2024
In 2019 a review was published on the impact of insulin donation programmes in ten low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the period 2009-2015. This study led to the formulation of a ten-step process for the transition from a donati...
Publication
07 Apr 2024
The 3rd edition of the Thalassaemia International Federation's Guidelines for the Management of Non-Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassaemia (NTDT) is available. This updated edition is a valuable resource for enhancing the care of individuals with NTDT...
Publication
07 Apr 2024
Nutrition holds a significant position in the lives of individuals afflicted with thalassaemia and other hereditary anaemias. As part of its enduring commitment to generating guidelines and educational materials for healthcare professionals, TIF i...
