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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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06 May 2025

World Health Organization

Working together to make asthma a global health priority

To mark World Asthma Day 2025, the Global Asthma Network (GAN) launches the Global Asthma Report 2025: Patient Stories, a compelling collection of stories from people living with asthma around the world. The report shines a spotlight on the daily challenges individuals face – from delayed diagnoses to unaffordable or unavailable inhaled medicines – as well as the life-changing benefits of time...

06 May 2025

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06 May 2025

World Health Organization, Dévora Kestel

Mental health and NCDs: A shared but differentiated agenda for the 2025 UN High-level meeting

More so than previous UN General Assembly high-level meetings on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs),&nbsp;mental health&nbsp;has featured prominently in the discussions and preparations for the fourth high-level meeting, to be held in September 2025. In this opening commentary, the links between mental health, mental health conditions and other diseases – including but not limited to the major NCDs...

06 May 2025

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05 May 2025

World Health Organization, Dr Bruce Aylward, Dr Jérôme Salomon

Primary health care: a scalable solution to the noncommunicable diseases and mental health crisis

The global health and equity crisis of NCDs and mental health is so vast that deciding how to respond can seem overwhelmingly complex. The best starting point, however, is no mystery. The primary health care approach is a globally scalable and holistic approach that holds the power to lessen the NCD and mental health burden and improve the lives of billions.Two billion people live with NCDs includ...

05 May 2025

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05 May 2025

Hundreds of millions living without access to inhaled medicines for COPD and asthma

A new campaign launched on World Asthma Day will raise awareness about the wide gaps inaccess to inhaled medicines that are causing a massive burden of suffering for the hundreds of millions living with chronic lung diseases across the world, and significant economic costs.&nbsp;The Increasing Access to Inhaled Medicines for COPD and Asthma campaign is an initiative of the Forum of International R...

05 May 2025

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Forum of International Respiratory Societies

Increasing Access to Inhaled Medicines

Briefs & Fact Sheets

05 May 2025

FIRS is supporting a campaign to improve access to inhaled medicines in low resource, high-burden settings to address the massive and rising burden of death and disability from COPD and asthma.Lack of access to inhaled medicines is causing widespread...

Briefs & Fact SheetsChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco use+4

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World Stroke Organization

WSO Stroke Center Certification

04 May 2025

The World Stroke Organization (WSO) offers a unique Certification of Stroke Centers program, designed to ensure the implementation of evidence-based strategies across two levels of stroke services. This program has significantly enhanced stroke care...

Cardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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02 May 2025

WHO Civil Society Working Group on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) calls for all governments to take urgent action to protect billions of people affected by NCDs and mental health conditions

Urgent action is needed to address the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions globally. Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, among other chronic conditions, are the leading cause of death worldwide, responsible for over 74% of global mortality. Progress toward Sustainable Development Goal target 3.4, which aims to reduce p...

02 May 2025

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WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs Consensus Statement at the Multistakeholder Hearing for the Fourth UN High-level Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, 2 May 2025

02 May 2025

WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs&nbsp;Access the list of members of the 3rd Cycle of the CSWG&nbsp;

CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+7
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Taskforce on Women and NCDs Statement-MSH

Declaration

02 May 2025

A Call to Action: Making good on the promise of gender mainstreaming to address global health inequitiesNCDs are the leading cause of death and disability for women globally – accounting for nearly two-thirds of all female deaths, up to 19 million...

DeclarationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10
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List of Members of the 3rd Cycle of the WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs

02 May 2025

WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs

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HRIDAY

HIA-SEAR NCDA-Nepal NCDA-NCDA Indonesia MSH Statement

Declaration

02 May 2025

Panel 1: Tackling the determinants on noncommunicable diseases, mental health and well-being through multisectoral and effective governance and collaborative actionChildren, adolescents, and youth must be at the core of a comprehensive response to No...

DeclarationCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+9
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