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The International Society of Nephrology

ISN Global Kidney Policy Forum Series: Focus on South East Asia and Oceania 2019

Report

10 Feb 2020

This publication showcases the Policy Forum series, providing highlights and main conclusions. Readers are encouraged to use the brochure in local contexts for their own advocacy purposes. For example, readers may want to use the 12 recommendations as a “scorecard” to assess gaps in kidney care, which require policy-related solutions; or, make local policy makers aware of potentially transfera...

ReportHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets
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The International Society of Nephrology

Moving Together to Build Kidney Health World Wide

Briefs & Fact Sheets

10 Feb 2020

Policy Brief on Kidney Diseases written by the ISN on the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on UHC

Briefs & Fact SheetsHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets
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The International Society of Nephrology

A call to action on Kidney Disease: 2018 High-Level Meeting on NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

10 Feb 2020

Kidney disease is a high priority NCD which now requires urgent consideration by political leaders. As the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda progresses and provides a platform for raising awareness of NCD health care and monitoring needs, targeted action on kidney disease should become integral to the global policy response. This document aims to inform contributors to the UN HLM process...

Briefs & Fact SheetsHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets
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HelpAge International

Using Community Structures to Prevent and Manage Non‑Communicable Diseases

Briefs & Fact Sheets

30 Jan 2020

This policy brief examines how inclusive self‑help groups in Myanmar can support prevention, early detection, and management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) at community level. Drawing on experience from HelpAge International’s collaboration with local health and academic partners, it outlines how village-based groups engage people aged 40+, conduct screenings for conditions like hypertens...

Briefs & Fact SheetsHealthy Aging

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Associacao de Diabetes Juvenil

Decentralized COVID-19 measures in Brazil were ineffective to protect people with diabetes

Article

28 Jan 2020

Background and aims: COVID-19 severity and mortality are elevated in individuals with diabetes. During the pandemic, interventions recommended globally for people with diabetes were to keep blood glucose on target whilst staying at home to curb the spread of the virus. In Brazil, similar measures were proposed. The aim of our observational study was to assess whether these measures achieved their...

ArticleDiabetesMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived Experiences

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being?

Report

12 Nov 2019

This scoping review&nbsp;synthesizes the global evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being, with a specific focus on the WHO European Region&nbsp;Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the effects of the arts on health and well-being, alongside developments in practice and policy activities in different countries across the WHO European...

ReportHealth promotionSocial determinants of health

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World Health Organization

World report on vision

Report

08 Oct 2019

At present at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The world faces considerable challenges in terms of eye care, including inequalities in the coverage and quality of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation services; a shortage of trained eye care service pr...

ReportDisability and rehabilitation

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World Obesity Federation

SCOPE

03 Oct 2019

SCOPE is a free&nbsp;internationally-recognized certification in obesity management.&nbsp;It equips health professionals with up to date, evidence-based obesity management resources, to better treat their patients with obesity and to excel in their careers.

Cardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets

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World Obesity

Global Atlas on Childhood Obesity

Report

03 Oct 2019

The atlas presents data for every country based on their current and predicted levels of obesity in children, the risk factors and the presence of government policies to tackle obesity, such as restricting the marketing of foods to children, encouragement of physical activity and nation guidelines for healthy diets. Based on these factors the Atlas gives each country a score for their childhood ob...

ReportCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health+2

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Alcohol policy impact case study: the effects of alcohol control measures on mortality and life expectancy in the Russian Federation

Report

03 Oct 2019

Alcohol consumption has long been recognized as one of the main driving factors of mortality in the Russian Federation, especially among men of working age. The introduction of various evidence-based alcohol control measures at the beginning of the 2000s resulted in a decrease in all-cause mortality, with the most pronounced relative changes occurring in causes of death that are causally linked to...

ReportHarmful use of alcohol

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HelpAge International

Tackling Non‑Communicable Diseases to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in Myanmar

Briefs & Fact Sheets

30 Aug 2019

This policy brief highlights the urgent need for Myanmar to prioritise non-communicable diseases (NCDs) within its Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda. It presents compelling data such as NCDs driving 59% of deaths to underline growing demographic and epidemiological shifts. The brief argues that health systems must be reoriented toward preventive, affordable, and equitable NCD services, especi...

Briefs & Fact SheetsNCD LabGender, equity and human rights

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World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic 2019

Report

07 Aug 2019

The report "Offering help to quit tobacco use" tracks the status of the tobacco epidemic and interventions to combat it. The report finds that more countries have implemented tobacco control policies, ranging from graphic pack warnings and advertising bans to no smoking areas. About 5 billion people – 65% of the world’s population – are covered by at least one comprehensive tobacco control m...

ReportCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use

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