Briefs & Fact Sheets
22 Jul 2023
The ISN Dialysis Toolkit, launched in response to the increasing demand for kidney failure treatment in low-resource settings, is a comprehensive resource aligned with the ISN framework endorsed by the WHO in 2021.
Guide
20 Jul 2023
The PHC approach promotes the overall health and well-being of people who are living with or at risk of HIV including members of key and vulnerable populations. This publication helps decision-makers to consider and optimize the synergies betwee...
Strategy document
16 Jul 2023
In May 2022, Member States adopted the Intersectoral global action plan on epilepsy and other neurological disorders 2022-2031, which aims to improve access to treatment and care and quality of life of people with neurological disorders, their carers...
Database
11 Jul 2023
Global Health Progress (GHP) features pharmaceutical industry collaborations looking to advance global health and development goals (including SDGs 3, 5, 9, 10, 17) in low- and middle-income countries. The database contains more than 250 collaboratio...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Jul 2023
Key facts An estimated 1.3 billion people experience significant disability. This represents 16% of the world’s population, or 1 in 6 of us. Some persons with disabilities die up to 20 years earlier than those without disabilities. Person...
Publication
05 Jul 2023
A decade since the discovery of insulin,the increasing prevalence of type1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) has underscored the prevailing inequalities in the provision of essential care for T1DM worldwide. However, the details on the availability of insulin...
Article
05 Jul 2023
New estimates published this week in The Lancet indicate that more than 1·31 billion people could be living with diabetes by 2050 worldwide. That's 1·31 billion people living with a disease that causes life-altering morbidity, high rates of mortali...
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...
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...
