Database
19 Mar 2019
When people think of tobacco, they often think of it as a public health problem, but it is a human rights problem as well. The marketing and sale of tobacco violate the right to health and life of people all around the world. ASH has been working to...
Publication
14 Mar 2019
Background Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey have hosted large refugee populations, with a high pre-conflict burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Objectives We aimed to describe the ways in...
14 Mar 2019
WHO today announced the most wide-ranging reforms in the Organization’s history to modernize and strengthen the institution to play its role more effectively and efficiently as the world’s leading authority on public health. The changes are designed to support countries in achieving the ambitious “triple billion” targets that are at the heart of WHO’s strategic plan for the next fi...
14 Mar 2019
14 Mar 2019
Women and children account for more than 75 per cent of the refugees and displaced persons at risk from war, famine, persecution and natural disasters, according to the United Nations Population Fund. But access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) has a major impact on people’s ability to prepare for, survive and recover from disasters. Data from the International Fede...
14 Mar 2019
13 Mar 2019
CHISINAU, Moldova – Irina Starciac, 46, was certain she was healthy. "I never had any symptoms that would get me worried,” she said. She was lucky, then, that her family doctor decided to screen her for cervical cancer last September.
13 Mar 2019
13 Mar 2019
On 5 March, the Chairman of UNICEF Denmark and the Chairman of the World Diabetes Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate collaboration between the two organisations in an area of common interest: preventing diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Read more here.
13 Mar 2019
08 Mar 2019
1 March 2018: GENEVA - Ahead of the annual World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched "hearWHO", a free application for mobile devices which allows people to check their hearing regularly and intervene early in case of hearing loss. The app is targeted at those who are at risk of hearing loss or who already experience some of the symptoms related to hearing loss....
08 Mar 2019
Publication
08 Mar 2019
The second edition of the Oral Health Atlas highlights the extent of oral diseases worldwide and reflects on policies and strategies addressing the global burden. It presents a summary of key oral health issues, including: the impact and burden of or...
Database
08 Mar 2019
The Oral Health Observatory (OHO) was launched in 2014 to generate standardized data on oral health. An app and online questionnaires have been developed for dental practitioners and patients to collect data on oral health behaviours, healthcare need...
Strategy document
08 Mar 2019
Lifelong oral health aims to maintain good oral health and optimal quality of life through oral health promotion, risk assessment, disease prevention, early diagnosis, and intervention at all stages of life. Read the eight core pillars of oral health...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2019
This policy brief highlights associations between oral diseases and NCDs, and provides recommendations for their prevention and control.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2019
The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) conducted a feasibility study to assess the public health need for – and the feasibility and potential public health impact of – expanding its mandate from HIV, tuberculosis and hepatitis C to patented essential me...
