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World Health Organization

Infant and young child feeding

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according to the "Convention on the Rights of the Child". Undernutrition is associated with 45% of child deaths. Globally in 2022, 149 million children under 5 were estimated...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+1

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World Health Organization

Household air pollution

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Around 2.3 billion people worldwide (around a third of the global population) cook using open fires or inefficient stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal, which generates harmful household air...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesHousehold and Outdoor Air Pollution+1

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World Health Organization

Human papillomavirus and cancer

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of 200 known viruses. They do not cause concerns in most people, but infection with some high-risk types is common and can cause genital warts or cancer. In 90% of people the body co...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCommunicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Commercial determinants of health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Commercial determinants of health are the private sector activities that affect people’s health, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively. The private sector influences the social, physical and cultural environments throug...

Briefs & Fact SheetsSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.23 million deaths in 2019. Nearly 90% of COPD deaths in those under 70 years of age occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMI...

Briefs & Fact SheetsChronic Respiratory DiseasesHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionTobacco use+1

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World Health Organization

Cervical cancer

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally with around 660 000 new cases and around 350 000 deaths in 2022. The highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality are in low- and middle-income countries...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancer

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World Health Organization

Malnutrition

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key facts Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, obesity, and resulting diet-related noncommunicable diseases. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults were ov...

Briefs & Fact SheetsNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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United for Global Mental Health

Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward

Report

07 Mar 2024

Delve into “Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward” that examines the critical need for immediate and sustained investment in mental health worldwide.&nbsp; Key findings from the report include: The global annual...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Adolescent and young adult health

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Mar 2024

Key Facts: Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2021, about 4500 every day. Young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of death among all age groups. Injuries (including road traffic injuri...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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World Health Organization

Global breast cancer initiative implementation framework: assessing, strengthening and scaling up of services for the early detection and management of breast cancer

Publication

07 Mar 2024

Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. The Global Breast Cancer Initiative strives to reduce breast cancer mortality by 2.5%...

PublicationCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+1

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NCD Alliance, and others

A framework of NGO inside and outside strategies in the commercial determinants of health

Fact sheet

06 Mar 2024

Much is known about the tactics corporate actors use to influence government policy and regulation and to increase their sales and profits. Less is known about how to counter these corporate tactics. This infographic provides an overview of strategie...

Fact sheet

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NCD Alliance

EQUITY IN ACTION ADDING AN EQUITY LENS TO NCD ADVOCACY

Guide

06 Mar 2024

This practical guide aims to support community advocacy on NCDs, translating into practice the concept of&nbsp;health equity.

GuideGender, equity and human rights

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