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World Health Organization, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

Childhood overweight brief

Briefs & Fact Sheets

20 Oct 2025

The purpose of this brief is to raise awareness of the problem of childhood overweight and highlight the interventions and policies necessary to achieve the revised 5% target by 2030.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+6

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World Health Organization

Reporting on the world’s biggest killers: a journalist’s guide to covering noncommunicable diseases

Guide

08 Oct 2025

Reporting on the world’s biggest killers: a journalist’s guide to covering noncommunicable diseases, a new publication from WHO that is packed with data, investigative hooks, and surprising angles on the world’s leading killers: cancer, heart d...

GuideMultistakeholder CollaborationEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth promotionSocial determinants of health+2

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World Health Organization

Global report on hypertension 2025: high stakes: turning evidence into action

Report

23 Sep 2025

The second Global report on hypertension highlights&nbsp;the urgent need to scale up detection, treatment, and control of hypertension, especially at the primary health care level. It showcases proven solutions, country successes, and clear recommend...

ReportCardiovascular DiseaseAccess to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Second general meeting of the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: meeting report, 23-25 April 2025

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...

ReportMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of health+6

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

UICC, WCRFI and McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer's response to the Zero Draft of the 2025 Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health

Strategy document

03 Jun 2025

The joint response from the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRFI) and McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer outlines the cancer community's feedback and recommendations on the Zero Draft of the Pol...

Strategy documentCancerCivil Society Working GroupMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+12
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World Heart Federation (WHF)

WHF Response to Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health 2025

Strategy document

27 May 2025

The World Heart Federation's response outlines the cardiovascular health community's comprehensive feedback and recommendations on the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health 2025.

Strategy documentCardiovascular DiseaseMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPrimary health careSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+14

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

WHF Statement on Tackling the Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health and Well-Being Through Multisectoral and Effective Governance and Collaborative Action

Declaration

27 May 2025

This statement was delivered by Prof. Jagat Narula, President of the World Heart Federation, at the UN Multistakeholder Hearing on NCDs in response to a panel discussion on Tackling the Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health and W...

DeclarationCardiovascular DiseaseMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of health+7

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Action on Smoking and Health

Tobacco Endgame Matters Podcast

Database

23 May 2025

TEM focuses on how we can achieve and plan for a tobacco-free California using policy and people power. In each episode, we’ll engage subject matter experts to discuss niche topics within tobacco control and highlight California-specific progress a...

DatabaseCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+6

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NCD Alliance

2025 UNSG report on NCDs - A red alert in the NCD response

Briefs & Fact Sheets

20 May 2025

A new report from the UN Secretary-General confirms that the world is massively off track in the prevention and control of NCDs, the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. It calls for urgent action on financing and other key policy interve...

Briefs & Fact SheetsSocial determinants of health

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Global Asthma Network

The Global Asthma Report 2025: Patient Stories

Report

07 May 2025

The report on Patient Stories is published as a ‘living document’ in 2025, timed to be available for the United Nations (UN) High Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs. At the time of writing, it has 59 stories from 33 countries with representation from al...

ReportChronic Respiratory DiseasesMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesSocial determinants of healthHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+2

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World Health Organization

World report on social determinants of health equity

Report

06 May 2025

Unacceptable gaps persist in how long people can expect to live healthy lives depending on where they live, the communities they belong to, their education level, their race and ethnicity, their income and wealth, their gender and whether they have a...

ReportMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationSocial determinants of health+2

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Webinar Series

Database

23 Apr 2025

ASH began this webinar series as the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 to fill an information gap that existed. We’ve continued the series to provide a platform for credible partners to share their timely research and resources.

DatabaseCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+6

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