Chronic Respiratory Diseases - time for action
20 Aug 2025
19 Aug 2025
After three years of targeted efforts, the first phase of the partnership between the World Diabetes Foundation and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has now been completed.The collaboration has delivered strong results in preventing, diagnosing, and treating non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and mental health disorders among displaced people and host communities in Tanzania,...
19 Aug 2025
19 Aug 2025
The World Obesity Federation has launched the MAPPS II (Management and Advocacy for Providers, Patients and Systems) surveys — a global effort to understand and strengthen obesity care, prevention pathways, and health system responses.The MAPPS II surveys are now live and open to three key groups:Health care professionalsPolicy makers, civil society organisations, and researchersPeople with live...
19 Aug 2025
Fact sheet
13 Aug 2025
We welcome the retention of the fast-track targets but are deeply concerned about the weakening of the tracer targets and the removal of references to the 2030 targets in the current text. The removal of a specific target on taxes on health-harming...
Report
11 Aug 2025
The Second General Meeting of the GCM/NCD took place virtually from 23 to 25 April 2025. More than 300 participants from over 50 countries actively participated in the three-day main event. This meeting report assembles the main highlights and key ou...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
06 Aug 2025
This policy brief outlines three areas where industry seeks more explicit commitments from governments in the upcoming Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health, to be agreed this 25 September at the UN HLM:Leverage health innovationStrengthen...
Article
04 Aug 2025
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) include cancers, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and mental health. This group of conditions is the leading global cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with 74% of all deaths glob...
31 Jul 2025
Globally, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide for both men and women. In 2020, there were 2.5 million new lung cancer cases globally and 1.80 million deaths.In support of World Lung Cancer Day on August 1, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) stresses the importance of awareness and understanding of lung cancer risk factors, as well as the im...
31 Jul 2025
Article
30 Jul 2025
A study assessing Nigeria's cervical cancer policy landscape to identify strengths, limitations and opportunities to strengthen implementation, lowering the cervical cancer burden and improving women's health outcomes.
Guide
30 Jul 2025
Age Inclusion Handbook (2024) – HelpAge InternationalThe Age Inclusion Handbook is a comprehensive three-part resource designed to support practitioners, partners, and organisations in embedding age inclusion across humanitarian and development pro...
Guide
29 Jul 2025
This toolkit was developed in Malawi and designed by older women and men living with incontinence, alongside their caregivers, in collaboration with MANEPO. In 2024, older people and caregivers shared the challenges they face with daily self-care. A...