21 Nov 2018
World Health Organization
Air Pollution and health: How will our children continue to breathe?
21 Nov 2018
2408 Resources
Short
16 Nov 2018
World Health Organization
Global dialogues of WHO technical departments with Economic operators in the area of alcohol production and trade
The WHO’s dialogues with the private sector for a meaningful and effective contribution to the implementation of national responses for the prevention and control of NCDs in order to reach SDG target 3.4 on NCDs, while giving due regard to managing conflicts of interest. The objective of these dialogues is to support governments in implementing their commitment made in paragraphs 43 and 44...
16 Nov 2018
16 Nov 2018
World Health Organization
Cyprus approves a new diabetes strategic plan
On 6 April 2016 – the day before World Health Day, which in 2016 focuses on diabetes – the Council of Ministers of Cyprus approved the newly developed diabetes strategic plan. All related stakeholders, such as representatives of the International Diabetes Federation, patients' organizations, universities, scientific societies and ministerial departments, worked synergistically in developing th...
16 Nov 2018
16 Nov 2018
World Health Organization
Global dialogues of WHO technical departments with pharmaceutical industries
The WHO’s dialogues with the private sector for a meaningful and effective contribution to the implementation of national responses for the prevention and control of NCDs in order to reach SDG target 3.4 on NCDs, while giving due regard to managing conflicts of interest. The objective of these dialogues is to support governments in implementing their commitment made in paragraphs 43 and 44...
16 Nov 2018
16 Nov 2018
World Health Organization
Global dialogues of WHO technical departments with food and non-alcoholic beverage industries
The WHO’s dialogues with the private sector for a meaningful and effective contribution to the implementation of national responses for the prevention and control of NCDs in order to reach SDG target 3.4 on NCDs, while giving due regard to managing conflicts of interest. The objective of these dialogues is to support governments in implementing their commitment made in paragraphs 43 and 44...
16 Nov 2018
16 Nov 2018
World Health Organization
Moscow hosts media launch of Russian HBSC report on adolescent obesity trends
On 6 June 2017 in Moscow, Russian Federation, the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases with the support of the Russian Ministry of Health held a press conference to present the Russian-language version of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) report on adolescent obesity. Read the full story here
16 Nov 2018
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Care of non-communicable diseases in emergencies
Article
16 Nov 2018
This publication proposes specific actions organized by phase of the humanitarian response, as well as some potential indicators for assessment of progress.
World Health Organization
WHO Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability
13 Nov 2018
The WHO Department for Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention (NVI) advances global health through the management of NCDs; the improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities; and the prevent...
World Health Organization
SAFER: preventing and reducing alcohol-related harms
Report
12 Nov 2018
This report highlights political commitments made at the NCD high-level meetings of the General Assembly in 2011 and 2014, at the World Health Assembly through the 2010 WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol (the global alcohol stra...
World Health Organization
Global Cancer Observatory (GCO)
Database
12 Nov 2018
This interactive web-based platform presents global cancer statistics to inform cancer control and cancer research. The platform focuses on the visualization of cancer indicators to illustrate the changing scale, epidemiological profile, and impact o...
World Health Organization
Noncommunicable disease document repository
Database
12 Nov 2018
Launched in September 2016, this NCD document repository provides access to over 2900 documents containing NCD targets, policies, and guidelines submitted by Member States to WHO.
World Health Organization
WHO quality rights initiative – improving quality, promoting human rights
Database
12 Nov 2018
This databade aims to improve the quality and human rights conditions in inpatient and outpatient mental health and social care facilities and empower organizations to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.