28 Jan 2021
Public settings, such as schools, childcare centres, nursing homes, hospitals and correctional facilities and all other canteens of public institutions, can play a key role in ensuring people are provided with healthy food and helping prevent the 8 million annual deaths currently caused by unhealthy diets. Click Access for more info.
28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021
Approximately 20 000 deaths could have been averted in Turkey in 2017 if the country had reached its current goals of reducing tobacco and salt consumption by 30%, and physical inactivity by 10%, according to WHO/Europe experts in an article published in the Lancet. The study calculated possible outcomes of the action plan for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) adopted in the country for 2017–2025....
28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021
Population-level screening for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has no effect on lowering CVD morbidity and mortality, concludes a recently published WHO Health Evidence Network (HEN) report. To reduce CVD risks, which are also associated with poorer COVID-19 outcomes, the report proposes some alternative measures for consideration by policy-makers in the WHO European Region. CVDs are...
28 Jan 2021
28 Jan 2021
The WHO Health for All Film Festival invites independent film-makers, production companies, public institutions, NGOs, communities, students, and film schools from around the world to submit their original short films on health. The festival aims to recruit a new generation of film and video innovators to champion and promote global health issues. Submissions will be open from 24 October 2020 t...
28 Jan 2021
Publication
13 Jan 2021
Élaborée dans le cadre du projet "Better Hearts, Better Cities" soutenu par la Fondation Novartis, cette boîte à outils a été conçue pour aider les différents acteurs des programmes de lutte contre les maladies non transmissibles à mettre en...
Article
21 Dec 2020
Beyond the need to understand disease mechanisms and develop new therapies, the inequities that deprive individuals of a healthy life must also be addressed to ensure kidney health for all. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals1 (SDGs) were adopted by...
16 Dec 2020
This webinar convened the GCM/NCD to examine the role of rehabilitation in the NCD care continuum, the challenges to be overcome to ensure people with NCDs can access the rehabilitation they need, and identify a way forward. Speakers included: Dr Helena Davies and Dr Stephen Watiti both direct stakeholder trustees and lived experience advocates from the Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care All...
16 Dec 2020
16 Dec 2020
This webinar in NCD Voices in the Decade of Action focused on Transforming Food Systems to Build Back Better. Here we unpackaged the interlinkages between food systems and NCD, highlighting the common elements and opportunities this brings as we develop healthier and more sustainable food systems. Speakers included: Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General, UHC and Healthier Populati...
16 Dec 2020
Guide
10 Dec 2020
In these guidelines, the World Health Organization (WHO) provides evidence-informed recommendations for the management of chronic pain in children. The recommendations are based on the most current, high-quality scientific evidence, and were formulat...
Publication
25 Nov 2020
Front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) is an important policy tool for countries to help consumers to make healthier food choices. This document – WHO guiding principles and framework manual for front-ofpack labelling for promoting healthy diets – has be...
18 Nov 2020
A new WHO Certification Programme for Trans Fat Elimination aims to recognize countries that have eliminated industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA) from their national food supplies. This is the first-ever certification programme that will recognize countries for their efforts to eliminate one of the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases and protect their populations from premature...
18 Nov 2020
15 Nov 2020
This year’s World Diabetes Day falls during a global pandemic which has already taken the lives of well over a million people. People with diabetes are paying a particularly high price. Not only do they have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death when infected, but many are having difficulty accessing the treatment they need due to disruptions to essential health services. Read mo...
15 Nov 2020
