Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Apr 2024
This website entails several resources related to Asthma Right Care initiative. These include: 1. Question and challenge cards - useful for icebreakers, chats, discussion fora, social media 2. Asthma SABA Slide rule - which explores how many pu...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
17 Apr 2024
In 2021, the IPCRG initiated the COPD Right Care programme that follows the principles of the successful Asthma Right Care movement. We are building a global social movement to improve care for people living with Chronic Obstructi...
15 Apr 2024
The global health community is on a tight deadline in its fight against NCDs, and every voice matters. Civil society should come together for greater action across sectors to ensure strengthened and efficient NCD response at national, regional and global levels. The WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs (CSWG) is a WHO informal network of NCD-related civil society organizations (CSOs) establi...
15 Apr 2024
15 Apr 2024
HIGHLIGHTS The World Cancer Research Fund's Global Cancer Update Programme study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, suggests that physical activity and a diet rich in plants and whole grains, including coffee, may enhance survival for colorectal cancer patients. The study, while indicating potential benefits of certain lifestyle changes, calls for more extensive resear...
15 Apr 2024
10 Apr 2024
A radical shift in global public health is needed to avert millions of preventable and premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, as well as mental health conditions. Primary health care (PHC) approaches present an important opportunity to transform and innovate how NCD and mental health services are deliv...
10 Apr 2024
Briefs & Fact Sheets
09 Apr 2024
In 2019 a review was published on the impact of insulin donation programmes in ten low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) over the period 2009-2015. This study led to the formulation of a ten-step process for the transition from a donati...
Publication
07 Apr 2024
The 3rd edition of the Thalassaemia International Federation's Guidelines for the Management of Non-Transfusion-Dependent β-Thalassaemia (NTDT) is available. This updated edition is a valuable resource for enhancing the care of individuals with NTDT...
Publication
07 Apr 2024
Nutrition holds a significant position in the lives of individuals afflicted with thalassaemia and other hereditary anaemias. As part of its enduring commitment to generating guidelines and educational materials for healthcare professionals, TIF i...
05 Apr 2024
The under-funding of NCDs and mental health is not just an issue at national level. Today, NCDs cause 41 million deaths per year – 74% of all deaths globally - and are the leading cause of disability. 17 million of these NCD deaths occur prematurely - between the ages of 30 and 70 – with 86% of those deaths occurring in low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs), a disproportionately...
05 Apr 2024
05 Apr 2024
WHO and the World Bank are hosting a dialogue on NCDs and mental health financing in June 2024. Ahead of this meeting, civil society was invited to a multi-stakeholder hearing to learn more about the process and ask questions on March 15. United for Global Mental Health (UnitedGMH) is the mental health CSO partner responsible for ensuring the mental health community is well-informed and r...
05 Apr 2024
Report
05 Apr 2024
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a significant threat to the health and well-being of populations affected by humanitarian crises. Globally, factors such as ageing populations, increased life expectancy, and lifestyle factors have shifted the di...
Publication
05 Apr 2024
This guide focuses on self-care and healthy lifestyle choices to support us to achieve healthy ageing. This includes our participation in holding our government accountable for its commitments and to be engaged in decision making about health and car...
