Report
09 Oct 2023
Key messages The integration of HIV and NCD services can deliver wider health impacts than standalone disease-specific care, including improved NCD outcomes and sustaining or even improving HIV outcomes. These are due to clinical, functio...
08 Oct 2023
Hepatitis B virus is an oncogenic virus that causes liver cancer at the same rate as someone who actively smokes one pack of cigarettes per day. Yet, we wait to treat hepatitis B infected patients until they develop liver disease before initiating treatment. The WHO 'Best buys' document provides recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, and recently...
08 Oct 2023
08 Oct 2023
By the end of this year, a diabetes screening tool that will enable community workers to easily screen people is ready to be launched in the two partner countries Sri Lanka and Tanzania. To make sure that the new tool is adapted to the communities' needs and cultural practices, and that it will empower them to improve their health through screening and prevention, the Digital Health t...
08 Oct 2023
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Oct 2023
Key facts Breast cancer caused 685 000 deaths globally in 2020. Roughly half of all breast cancers occur in women with no specific risk factors other than sex and age. Breast cancer occurs in every country in the world. Approximately 0.5�...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Oct 2023
Key facts Asthma is a major noncommunicable disease (NCD), affecting both children and adults, and is the most common chronic disease among children. Inflammation and narrowing of the small airways in the lungs cause asthma symptoms, which ca...
05 Oct 2023
Missed the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' World Lung Day webinar? Watch it on-demand here: https://bit.ly/46bK6IW
05 Oct 2023
Article
05 Oct 2023
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasing among people living with HIV (PLHIV), especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We determined the prevalence of NCDs and NCD risk factors among PLHIV in SSA to inform health policy makers....
Publication
05 Oct 2023
Previous Global Ministerial Mental Health Summits (London, Amsterdam, Paris and Rome, in chronological order) have played a crucial role in fostering international collaboration and raising awareness about the pressing issues surrounding mental healt...
04 Oct 2023
The unique political circumstances of occupied Palestinian territory create challenges to health care provision that most countries don’t face, such as intermittent electricity supply and unpredictable changes to medicine supplies. This affects how occupied Palestinian territory is able to treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which are responsible for 70–80% of all deaths in the country. In...
04 Oct 2023
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Sep 2023
Key facts Anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental disorders, affecting 301 million people in 2019. More women are affected by anxiety disorders than men. Symptoms of anxiety often have onset during childhood or adolescence....
