World Health Organization (WHO)
Science in 5: asthma and you
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Aug 2024
A 5-minute conversation on asthma - what are the symptoms, what makes it worse, and how can we treat it?
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Aug 2024
A 5-minute conversation on asthma - what are the symptoms, what makes it worse, and how can we treat it?
Publication
20 Aug 2024
This document is the ninth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and asthma. This is also intended as an advocacy tool to widely include...
Fact sheet
07 Aug 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on Pulmonary Embolism (PE). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including its causes, risk factors, signs and symptoms...
Fact sheet
07 Aug 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including the signs, symptoms and risk factors. It...
Publication
30 Jul 2024
This document is the ninth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and asthma. This is also intended as an advocacy tool to widely include...
Publication
29 Jul 2024
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the key role of pharmacists in tobacco cessation and how this contributes to timely patient care and to health system efficiency through interprofessional care teams. The report also shares global best...
Fact sheet
09 Jul 2024
This document is the seventh 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 diabetes. This is also intended as an advocacy too...
Report
08 Jul 2024
The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) Common Reporting Standard (CRS) database recently introduced source codes for funding being channelled into alcohol prevention and tobacco control within NCD policies and services. The present report...
Publication
08 Jul 2024
Supporting tobacco users to quit is core demand-reduction measure of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and a key component of WHO MPOWER policy package. This guideline provides technical guidance on a thorough set of tobacco...
Fact sheet
07 Jul 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on hospital-associated thrombosis (HAT). This resource provides essential information about this highly preventable condition, including its causes,...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Jun 2024
A video portraying the how the tobacco industry is using digital platforms to market their products to the youth.
Publication
10 Jun 2024
The World Heart Federation policy brief, A Complex Interplay: Navigating the Crossroads of Tobacco Use, Cardiovascular Disease, and the COVID-19 Pandemic, explores the direct and indirect harmful interactions between tobacco use, cardiovascular disea...