Report
05 Jul 2023
WHO is marking its 75th anniversary this year, with its 194 Member States and partners, by calling for a renewed drive for health equity. The past seven and a half decades have seen extraordinary progress in protecting people from diseases, health ri...
05 Jul 2023
WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Argentina has a growing prevalence of overweight and obesity associated with unhealthy diet-related diseases affecting all age groups. This has led to increased morbidity and mortality. The nutritional transition is largely driven by the increase in demand and supply of processed and ultra-processed foods easily available in the cou...
05 Jul 2023
Guide
29 Jun 2023
The Severe Asthma Patient Charter, a document created to define core principles for what people living with severe asthma should expect from their care and treatment. The charter has six core principles that advocate for timely specialist referral an...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Jun 2023
Small island developing states (SIDS) have made minimal contributions to global emissions of greenhouse gases but are among the countries hardest hit by climate change and natural disasters. Most SIDS are already experiencing severe health effects fr...
Report
16 Jun 2023
Small island developing states (SIDS) face unique challenges in preventing and managing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions. Key factors include geography, population size, climate change and food security. SIDS also have...
Declaration
16 Jun 2023
On occasion of the SIDS Ministerial Conference on noncommunicable diseases and mental health, held in Bridgetown, Barbados on 14-16 June 2023, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) member countries adopted the 2023 Bridgetown declaration on NCDs...
Fact sheet
15 Jun 2023
Asthma is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases, affecting an estimated 262 million people in 2019, and causing nearly half a million deaths every year. Although asthma cannot be cured, people with asthma can enjoy a normal life if corre...
15 Jun 2023
The Government of Rwanda has been deeply committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has taken a whole-of-government approach to owning, integrating, and implementing the SDGs. Integrating the SDGs into national development plans (Vision 2050, the National Strategy for Transformation - NST, NST1 (2017-2024)) reflects the government's continued commitment to using the goals as a bluep...
15 Jun 2023
15 Jun 2023
"I remember talking to a mother, whose child had cancer, who told me that after many months she was finally able to sleep through the night because her child was now receiving morphine at the hospital and had stopped screaming in pain,” recalls Dr Salwa Massad, a Research Manager for the WHO Palestinian National Institute of Public Health – occupied Palestine territory. Salwa touches upon t...
15 Jun 2023
15 Jun 2023
In front of the bountiful table – with rice, beans, meat, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers – Álvaro Luettjohann smiles: “Everything we are about to eat is organic and produced here.” Álvaro and his wife, Adriana, live in Candelária, a small town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Going to their farm feels like walking into an oasis in a neighborhood normal...
15 Jun 2023
Database
15 Jun 2023
In 2021-22, an international survey of people's perceptions of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors was conducted by the global polling company Gallup, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bloomberg Philanth...
13 Jun 2023
At the SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs and Mental Health in Barbados, the Global NCD Platform is moderating a panel on multisector collaboration to address NCD risk factors and commercial determinants. Small Island Development States (SIDS) are disproportionately affected by the NCD burden and have one of the highest NCD rates globally. Some fifty-two percent of people living with NCDs in...
13 Jun 2023
