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World Health Organization

Trans fat

Briefs & Fact Sheets

24 Jan 2024

Key facts Trans fat, or&nbsp;trans-fatty acids (TFA), are unsaturated fatty acids that come from either industrial or natural sources. More than 278 000 deaths each year globally can be attributed to intake of industrially produced trans fat....

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Regional expert meeting on policy action for healthy diets, with a focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries 1

Publication

03 Jan 2024

WHO has been supporting EMR Member States in their efforts to achieve nutrition-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the global and regional nutrition targets. Some progress has been made, and more technical support is needed to accelerat...

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World Health Organization

Global report on the use of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, 2023

Report

05 Dec 2023

This report provides a global assessment of taxes applied to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). It describes and qualitatively compares their design and provides the first global estimation of standardized metrics to compare tax levels between countri...

ReportUnhealthy diets

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, HelpAge International

SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, recommendations for intervention strategy

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

The SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, developed by HelpAge International Myanmar under the SUNI-SEAproject, presents an opportunity to address&nbsp;the&nbsp;challenge of reaching people in need under constrained service delivery conditions. The app...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), HelpAge International

Simplified non-communicable disease screening algorithm

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

The consortium Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia &nbsp;developed an operational and simple screening algorithm to identify people&nbsp;with NCD-risk factors to be used in community-based programmes. This brief explains the experiences wi...

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Strengthening synergy between primary healthcare providers and communities for prevention and control of diabetes and hypertension in Vietnam

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

The policy brief of the consortium scaling up up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia describes the work done in Vietnam. Community organisations were strengthened to perform screening of NCD risk factors, to organise health promotion activities. Staf...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Bridging the digital divide, highlighting the potential of digital technology to enhance community-led interventions for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

This policy brief by the consortium scaling-up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia provides&nbsp;an overview of the situation for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases&nbsp;(NCDs) in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar. It provides&nbsp;key...

Briefs & Fact SheetsStrategy documentCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Scaling up strategy for non-communicable diseases prevention and control

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

Policy brief by the consortium scaling-up non-communicable diseases interventions in Southeast Asia. The document shares lessons learned from scaling up activities with regard to health promotion, screening and early detection of NCDs. It emphasises...

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Strengthening primary health care: the key to tackling non-communicable diseases and achieving universal health coverage and healthy ageing

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

Policy brief of the research project Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia. This policy brief describes comprehensive actions to improve community-based healthcare and primary healthcare, to improve screening, early diagnosis and treatment o...

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NCD Alliance, WHO

Selling a sick future: countering harmful marketing to children and young people across risk factors and NCDs

Report

11 Oct 2023

Commercial marketing threatens human rights and is a major factor behind the global rise of NCDs – which cause 41 million deaths annually (74% of global mortality), with rising rates among children and young people in countries of all resource leve...

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PAN American Health Organization (PAHO)

Nutritional Care Guide for Pediatric Cancer

Guide

15 Aug 2023

This guide has been developed as part of the World Health Organization's Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, known as "Cure All Americas," with the primary purpose of alleviating the challenges faced by pediatric oncology patients. Its mission is...

GuideReportCancerNutrition and food safetyPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+3

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The Lancet

Commentary: A plan for accelerated action on obesity

Article

04 Aug 2023

Halting the rise in obesity among children, adolescents, and adults is essential to combat the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and to improve nutrition, health, and wellbeing for all. Failing to do so threatens progress towards reducing p...

ArticleCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesUnhealthy diets+1

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