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14 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

Women and emergency telecommunications: Building gender equality into the global response

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. &nbsp; Data from the International Fede...

14 Mar 2019

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13 Mar 2019

United Nations Population Fund

Ramping up cervical cancer prevention efforts in the Republic of Moldova

CHISINAU, Moldova –&nbsp;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

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13 Mar 2019

World Diabetes Foundation

WDF and UNICEF join forces to prevent NCDs in children

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).&nbsp; Read more here.

13 Mar 2019

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08 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

WHO launches the hearWHO app for mobile devices to help detect hearing loss

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

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FDI World Dental Federation

Oral Health Atlas 2nd Edition (2015): The Challenge of Oral Disease – A call for global action

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...

PublicationCancerHarmful use of alcoholUnhealthy dietsTobacco use+2

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FDI World Dental Federation

Oral Health Observatory APP

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...

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FDI World Dental Federation

Oral health for an ageing population: Achieving a healthy ageing society

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...

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FDI World Dental Federation

Accelerating action on oral health and NCDs: Achieving an integrated response

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 SheetsTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)

Exploring the Expansion of the Medicines Patent Pool’s Mandate to Patented Essential Medicines: A Feasibility Study of the Public Health Needs and Potential Impact

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...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCase studyReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and services+5

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06 Mar 2019

World Health Organization

Svetlana Gogoleva: connecting with cancer patients in distant locations

Providing patients with the best possible quality of care sometimes requires finding new and innovative ways to meet their needs. Nurses are often at the forefront of designing and implementing these new approaches, leading the way for other health workers involved in care. Svetlana Gogoleva, Chief Nurse at the Republican Oncology Dispensary in Yakutia Republic, Russian Federation, has played a...

06 Mar 2019

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health.

Article

05 Mar 2019

This article provides an outline of a conference held by the Commission on the Social Determinants of Health - an independent inquiry to understand the social and environmental issues that affect health and to investigate the appropriate actions that...

ArticleGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education

Health literacy and health promotion in context

Article

05 Mar 2019

Nutbeam, D, Levin-Zamir, D &amp; Rowlands, G. (guest ed.)(2018), Special issue on Health Literacy. Global Health Promotion, vol. 25(4).

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