13 Nov 2023
World Diabetes Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness of diabetes as a global public health issue and what needs to be done, collectively and individually, for better prevention, diagnosis and management of the condition. For the 2023 edition of the World Diabetes Day, WHO will highlight the need for equitable access to essential care, including raising awareness of ways people with...
13 Nov 2023
13 Nov 2023
From 14 to 16 November 2023, the World Health Organization’s Innovation Hub and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Innovations are co-hosting the landmark World Health Innovation Forum. Convening experts from around the world, the Forum explores multidisciplinary approaches to drive innovation in health service delivery, accessibility and quality to achieve health for all. WHO’s NCD Lab,...
13 Nov 2023
Guide
13 Nov 2023
Governments across the globe are increasingly facing intersecting social, political, economic and environmental challenges. Among these are social inequalities that impact health dramatically. Health is created and destroyed by many different factors...
Publication
12 Nov 2023
This document is the eighth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries. This document is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This...
Case study
12 Nov 2023
As part of its focus on women’s cancers, specifically in supporting the implementation of the WHO Global Strategy for the elimination of cervical cancer, UICC engaged in a situational analysis of civil society organisations’ (CSOs) role in i...
Report
07 Nov 2023
This report examines the achievements of national and regional NCD alliances during the second phase of the Advocacy Institute (2020-2023). The second phase of the Advocacy Institute (2020-2023) supported a total of 16 geographies as part of...
07 Nov 2023
Human rights and social justice, NCD care, prevention and meaningful involvement dominated the discussions in the Philippines this October, as the four key pillars of the country’s recently launched National Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs. Drawing from the experience of building the global Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs in 2017, which unites the voices of al...
07 Nov 2023
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Nov 2023
Kazakhstan has consistently strongly advocated strengthening primary health care (PHC) both in Kazakhstan and abroad. Currently, it has a unique multidisciplinary team-based PHC model, which is the most dramatic departure from the experience of...
Guide
31 Oct 2023
This Toolkit for Article 17 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control brings together the existing knowledge base, including years of consultations drawing out the knowledge and experience of relevant stakeholders, to guide actions on econom...
Canada
30 Oct 2023
In Canada, a Quality of Life Framework combines health data with economic, social, governance, and environmental indicators in a holistic approach to measuring well-being. Developed through close collaboration across multiple government departments, the Framework has been integrated into the federal budgeting process and supports government decision-making and reporting. It offers a multisectoral...
30 Oct 2023
Database
30 Oct 2023
This course aims to provide information on the basic understanding of palliative care and the elements of service program for delivering palliative care. The course contents will also include the considerations in managing signs, symptoms and ass...
