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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Strengthening NCD civil society organizations

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the deliberations and recommendations of the participants of a two-day regional meeting on Strengthening NCD Civil Society Organizations. The meeting was attended by 94 participants, and aimed to stimulate a stronger civil society movement for the prevention and control of NCDs in the Region.

ReportMultistakeholder Collaboration

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Approaches to establishing country-level, multisectoral coordination mechanisms for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases

Report

12 Nov 2018

The determinants and implications of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are spread across diverse sectors within and outside the government. This calls for Member States to set up multisectoral coordination mechanisms (hereafter referred to as “the mechanisms”) that offer a synergistic response to these diseases and their risk factors. The analysis of experiences of countries in addressing variou...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Noncommunicable diseases risk behaviours among adults in the South East Asian Region: Findings from STEPS and GATS

Report

12 Nov 2018

This publication conveys the most recent quantitative surveillance results focusing on noncommunicable disease (NCDs)-related risk behaviors among adults from the WHO STEPwise approach to NCD risk factor surveillance (STEPS) and tobacco use among adults from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in Member States of the WHO South East Asian Region.

ReportSocial determinants of healthTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Noncommunicable diseases risk behaviors among youth in the South East Asian Region: findings from GSHS and GYTS

Report

12 Nov 2018

The publication conveys the quantitative surveillance results focusing on tobacco use and noncommunicable disease (NCD) related behaviours among youth (13–15 years) in Member States of the WHO South East Asian Region, namely, the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS) and the Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS). .

ReportMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthSocial determinants of healthTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia

Development of a regional strategic action plan with indicators and targets for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region

Report

12 Nov 2018

This report presents the technical deliberations among 100 high-level stakeholders who attended a regional consultation to develop a Regional Strategic Action Plan with indicators and targets for the preven!on and control of NCDs in the South East Asian Region.

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Be He@lthy, Be Mobile - A handbook on how to implement M-Ageing

Guide

17 Oct 2018

Handbook providing guidance for national programmes and organizations responsible for the care of older persons to develop implement, monitor, and evaluate an mAgeing programme using mobile health technology.

GuideDigital health and innovation

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

The economic burden of noncommunicable diseases

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO to fa­cilitate intragovernmental dialogue for a better understanding of NCD issues by making economic evidence available in the Americas, and to assist countries in integrating economic approaches into their NCD prevention and control...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

PAHO Meeting on Alcohol Marketing Regulation: Final Report

Report

17 Oct 2018

This document is a summary of an exploratory international meeting on regulation of marketing of alcohol products held at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA, 12–13 January 2015.

ReportSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

PAHO Strategic Fund: Access to high-quality medicines and health technologies in the Americas Annual Report 2016

Report

17 Oct 2018

This annual report summarizes the activities of the Fund during 2016. The Strategic Fund is an innovative cooperation model that seeks to strengthen the management of the regional and national supply chain for essential medical products, so that everyone throughout the Americas can enjoy the benefit of timely access to medicines and other strategic health supplies.

ReportAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Pan American Health Organization Nutrient Profile Model

Guide

17 Oct 2018

The Nutrient Profile Model for the Pan American Health Organization – the PAHO NP Model – is designed to be used as a tool in the design and implementation of various regulatory strategies related to the prevention and control of obesity/overweight.

GuideNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Panorama of Food and Nutritional Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

Report

17 Oct 2018

The Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), reports for the first time on the progress made by countries in the Region towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ReportNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017

Report

17 Oct 2018

The Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), reports for the first time on the progress made by countries in the Region towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ReportUnhealthy diets

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