Report
12 Nov 2018
This publication provides information on the marketing of foods and beverages to children and the changes that have occurred in the last decade. It also examines the evolution of marketing methods and reviews some of the recent policy approaches by W...
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The mBreatheFreely handbook provides guidance for country governments and policymakers to develop, implement, and evaluate an mBreatheFreely programme for the prevention and control of asthma and COPD.
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This global strategy document focuses on ten key areas of policy options and interventions at the national level and four priority areas for global action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.
Dialogue
17 Oct 2018
This joint statement calls for the recognition of youth leadership´s role in the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development and changing the production and consumption patterns of our societies.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
Charts showing Jamaica's status in several key areas of the FCTC and how it compares with the rest of the Region of the Americas.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report on the work of WHO in the African Region 2010, presents the progress made in the first year of the biennium and has been prepared for submission to the sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on chronic respiratory disease, its risk factors, burden, and WHO response in the African Region.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on the roles of legislation and legal interventions in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
These guidelines provide recommendations on the diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes and the management of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in primary health care in low-resource settings.
Guide
16 Oct 2018
The World Health Assembly has resolved that palliative care is “an ethical responsibility of health systems” and that integration of palliative care into public health care systems is essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development G...
Publication
07 Aug 2018
"Why Palliative Care is an Essential Function of Primary Health Care" emphasizes that integrating palliative care into primary health care is crucial for achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and improving the quality of life for patients with se...
