15 Jun 2023
In front of the bountiful table – with rice, beans, meat, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers – Álvaro Luettjohann smiles: “Everything we are about to eat is organic and produced here.” Álvaro and his wife, Adriana, live in Candelária, a small town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Going to their farm feels like walking into an oasis in a neighborhood normal...
15 Jun 2023
Database
15 Jun 2023
In 2021-22, an international survey of people's perceptions of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and their risk factors was conducted by the global polling company Gallup, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bloomberg Philanth...
13 Jun 2023
At the SIDS Ministerial Conference on NCDs and Mental Health in Barbados, the Global NCD Platform is moderating a panel on multisector collaboration to address NCD risk factors and commercial determinants. Small Island Development States (SIDS) are disproportionately affected by the NCD burden and have one of the highest NCD rates globally. Some fifty-two percent of people living with NCDs in...
13 Jun 2023
Article
13 Jun 2023
Health in All Policies approaches support the integration of health considerations into the policies of traditionally siloed governance systems. These siloed systems are often ignorant of the fact that health is created outside of the health system...
Report
12 Jun 2023
he Global Impact of Respiratory Disease outlines major causes of respiratory disease and mortality and lays out recommendations for global action.
12 Jun 2023
A new NCD Academy course on Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs), developed with the Forum of Respiratory Societies. Through interactive patient cases, learners will engage with content ranging from practical tools to prevention, diagnosis, and manage CRDs. This course will cover CRDs such as asthma, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, bronchiectasis, and obstructive sleep apnea....
12 Jun 2023
Dialogue
12 Jun 2023
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) global update on asthma. This webinar covers what’s new in asthma control, the GINA 2023 strategy and how we can address unequal access to asthma ma...
Strategy document
11 Jun 2023
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have emerged as a major public health challenge worldwide, causing significant morbidity, mortality, and socioeconomic burden. In Sri Lanka, NCDs have become a leading cause of illness and death, posing a significant...
Article
08 Jun 2023
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major global health concern, and their management is particularly challenging in humanitarian contexts where healthcare resources are limited. The WHO Non-Communicable Diseases Kit (WHO-NCDK) is a health system...
08 Jun 2023
In the lush Western highlands of Guatemala, the deep blue gem Lake Atitlán sits quietly, surrounded by volcanoes and colourful Maya villages with distinct customs and deep-seated beliefs. One of these beliefs is that a chronic disease like diabetes is inevitable. Yet change is possible – and it comes from within. This is what inspired Asociación K’aslimaal (Hospital...
08 Jun 2023
Dialogue
05 Jun 2023
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) and the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) global update on asthma. This webinar covers what’s new in asthma control, the GINA 2023 strategy and how to address unequal access to asthma manage...
Vanuatu
05 Jun 2023
WHO Mid-Term Results Report 2022-2023 Country Impact Story Vanuatu’s 2017 National Oral Health Survey revealed that 5 to 7 year old children had a high prevalence of tooth decay (70 percent), bleeding gums (77 percent), and toothache (10 percent) in their primary teeth which had a negative impact on their physical, mental, and social wellbeing. 40 percent of the children rarely or never b...
05 Jun 2023
