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25 Oct 2024

British Medical Journal

Beyond the headlines of WHO's newly sex-disaggregated statistics

Blog on the British Medical Journal website by Emma Feeny, Senior Advocacy Advisor at The George Institute for Global Health. Read the full blog&nbsp;here.

25 Oct 2024

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25 Oct 2024

NCD Alliance

Time to deliver on older women's health

Opinion piece on Devex by Katie Dain, Chief Executive Officer of the NCD Alliance, and Kate Bunting, Chief Executive Officer of HelpAge USA. Access the full article&nbsp;here.

25 Oct 2024

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25 Oct 2024

Civil Society Actors

Call to Action: Gender Equity and Rights in the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases – A Civil Society Call to Action on evidence, best practice, and learning

The burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) poses a growing threat to population health and well-being and to hard-fought progress on gender equity and women’s rights. We call on representatives of the United Nations and international bodies, governments, business, civil society, health professionals, researchers, philanthropic organisations, and the public to join a coordinated movement t...

25 Oct 2024

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25 Oct 2024

World Diabetes Foundation

Heroes of remote Nepal: Women leading the way to healthier communities

Women in Nepal have become promising agents of change, improving control of type 2 diabetes and social trust. Now, a scale-up to rural areas is expanding the role of female community health volunteers in strengthening a vulnerable health system.&nbsp; Although the pilot ended in 2022, it has been five years since WDF’s last visit to Nepal; pandemic restrictions and difficult road access made...

25 Oct 2024

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24 Oct 2024

World Diabetes Foundation

Breaking barriers: Liberia’s journey from modest diabetes clinic to national NCD response

A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing. This Liberian proverb seems to embody the progress in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). With WDF funding, Liberia’s first national NCD programme completed this year has been showing how small, consistent actions&nbsp;can&nbsp;drive results in a country in recovery.&nbsp; Home to 5.4 million people, Liberia has endur...

24 Oct 2024

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

WHF Policy Brief on Front-Of-Pack Labelling

Briefs & Fact Sheets

22 Oct 2024

Unhealthy diets are a major driver of noncommunicable diseases. In particular, ultra-processed foods, which contain high levels of sugars, sodium, saturated fats, and refined carbohydrates, contribute significantly to the incidence of NCDs such as ob...

Briefs & Fact SheetsPublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+4

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NCD Alliance

Case Study: Africa NCDs Network

Case study

22 Oct 2024

The idea of the Africa NCDs Network (ANN) was conceived in 2015, advanced in 2016 following an African regional civil society consultation meeting organised by the WHO Regional Office for Africa and NCD Alliance, and took off in 2020 with the support...

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NCD Alliance

Case Study: Ghana NCD Alliance

Case study

22 Oct 2024

The Ghana NCD Alliance was launched in 2017 as part of the NCD Alliance Seed Programme and participated in NCDA's Accelerator Programme 2020-2023. The alliance received an award from the UN Interagency Task Force for NCDs in 2020 for its contribution...

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NCD Alliance

Case Study: Rwanda NCD Alliance

Case study

22 Oct 2024

The Rwanda NCD Alliance was formally launched in 2016, having engaged with the country’s NCD response since the lead-up to the 2011 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs. The alliance participated in the NCD Alliance NCDs and UHC Accelerator Programme 2020...

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World Health Organization

Integrated operational framework for mental health, brain health and substance use

Guide

21 Oct 2024

This integrated operational framework provides an overview of the connections between mental health, neurological and substance use (MNS) conditions, and their links to health, well-being and the broader public health and sustainable development agen...

GuidePublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHarmful use of alcohol+1

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World Health Organization

WHO advocacy strategy for mental health, brain health, and substance use

Strategy document

21 Oct 2024

This document sets out WHO’s MNS advocacy priorities, outlining what needs to be advanced or changed, by WHO and through other stakeholders and mechanisms. It aims to support MNS stakeholders in various countries by providing a flexible approach th...

Strategy documentMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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21 Oct 2024

NIHR, IPCRG, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), WHO

Stakeholder dissemination workshop: Beliefs surrounding the use of inhaled asthma medication in The Gambia.

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), World Health Organization For people in low- and middle-income countries living with asthma, controlling their symptoms is often challenging. The lack of national asthma guidelines and diagnostic...

21 Oct 2024

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