World Health Organization (WHO)
Science in 5: asthma and you
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Aug 2024
A 5-minute conversation on asthma - what are the symptoms, what makes it worse, and how can we treat it?
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Aug 2024
A 5-minute conversation on asthma - what are the symptoms, what makes it worse, and how can we treat it?
Publication
20 Aug 2024
To scale up noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health country action, funding was provided to the Secretariat of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Controls of NCDs by the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership for acti...
Publication
20 Aug 2024
This document is the ninth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and asthma. This is also intended as an advocacy tool to widely include...
20 Aug 2024
" The general belief, especially in the African region and any low- and middle income country, is that cancer is a death sentence. But there are a lot of survivors out there whose voices are not being given an opportunity to talk about their challenges, but also share their success stories." Gertude Nakigudde, from Uganda, has been a breast cancer survivor for 21 years and is a member...
20 Aug 2024
19 Aug 2024
From South Africa, to India and Kenya, in many low- and middle-income countries, access to innovative cancer medicines is a challenge. “Nowadays it’s better if you have HIV than if you have cancer, because cancer is a killer disease. Cancer treatment is very expensive. If you are living a poor life like now me, you can’t manage it.” Josefine from Nairobi, Kenya.The Medicines Patent Pool ne...
19 Aug 2024
Publication
19 Aug 2024
This paper focuses on expanding access to biotherapeutics in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) through public health non-exclusive voluntary intellectual property licensing.The key elements identified as relevant to support access to affordabl...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Aug 2024
The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), a United Nations-backed public health organization, plays a critical role in improving access to essential cancer medicines in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). MPP's work focuses on addressing significant pub...
Publication
14 Aug 2024
This report highlights the substantial impact of commercial determinants on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the WHO European Region. Nearly 7500 deaths per day in the Region are attributed to commercial determinants, such as tobacco, alcohol...
09 Aug 2024
CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA, June 21, 2024 - The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), the leading international professional medical-scientific organization dedicated to advancing the understanding, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions related to thrombosis and hemostasis, has published the first clinical practice guideline utilizing strict GRADE methodology for the t...
09 Aug 2024
Fact sheet
07 Aug 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on Pulmonary Embolism (PE). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including its causes, risk factors, signs and symptoms...
Fact sheet
07 Aug 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including the signs, symptoms and risk factors. It...