Report
24 Apr 2024
The second World Heart Report aims to equip policymakers and advocates worldwide with a consolidated analysis of the links between air pollution and cardiovascular disease. The goal is to identify concrete actions that can mitigate the harmful effect...
24 Apr 2024
A The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are urging national tobacco control programmes and pharmacy associations to develop and implement plans to engage more pharmacists in advancing tobacco cessation. A joint statement, issued by the two organisations on World No Tobacco Day 2024, describes a number of ways in which tobacco control programmes a...
24 Apr 2024
Trinidad and Tobago
24 Apr 2024
Port of Spain, 5 April 2024 - The Ministry of Health of Trinidad and Tobago, with technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) conducted a four-day comprehensive training session from April 2 to April 5, 2024, with the goal of preparing more than 70 interviewers and supervisors for their roles in the implementation of the STEPS survey. This is the second round, following...
24 Apr 2024
Briefs & Fact Sheets
23 Apr 2024
The Health4Life Fund (the UN Multi-Partner Trust to Catalyze Country Action for Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health) has been established to galvanize domestic financing and scale up country action for the prevention and control of NCDs and f...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
23 Apr 2024
This toolkit is aimed at nephrologists and researchers in nephrology from all parts of the globe – regardless of their level of clinical trial experience and their local resources. It aims to provide a guidance for anyone wishing to start a clinica...
22 Apr 2024
The @MATES4Kids (Maximising Access To Essential Supplies for Children) Movement and CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours) are proud to offer three AUD $1,000 grants to support community development efforts that will: 1. Improve access to CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) medicines 2. Strengthen CAH Communities and/or  ...
22 Apr 2024
Database
20 Apr 2024
Visit the FIP microsite on NCDs to access all FIP Programme on NCDs publications, event recordings and other resources and tools.
18 Apr 2024
Here is how KAP users can join and navigate the digital communities of practice hosted on the platform. KAP Communities of Practice offer a digital platform to connect groups with common interests and goals on a dedicated, WHO-hosted platform dedicated to NCDs and mental health. In a KAP community, members can share news, events, best-practices, or challenges on noticeboards and community...
18 Apr 2024
Report
18 Apr 2024
The Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention incorporates new scientific information about asthma based on a review of recent scientific literature by an international panel of experts on the GINA Science Committee. This co...
Database
18 Apr 2024
A resource hub on sustainable financing mechanisms. Throughout this hub, one can: Get an overview of health financing, the international guiding principles for health financing, and health promotion funds in various countries. Find out how mu...
Ghana
17 Apr 2024
In Sub-Saharan Africa, many countries face a double disease burden with high HIV prevalence and a rise in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension. In Ghana, NCDs account for 43% of premature deaths, while HIV prevalence is at 1.6%. Prevention and care services for HIV and NCDs are currently provided separately, despite multiple benefits of an integrated approach to clinic...
17 Apr 2024
17 Apr 2024
Like me, many people living with NCDs are afraid that their lives will be cut short and lost too soon. I lived most of my 20’s afraid that I’d never make it to 30. A close friend of mine intimated the same to me the other day. The choices we’ve both made reflect this as they’ve often been made out of fear, uncertainty, dread, lack or even a combination of the four. Living with a chronic...
17 Apr 2024
