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World Health Organization, World Diabetes Foundation

Global dialogue on partnerships for sustainable financing of NCD prevention and control: meeting report

Publication

28 Feb 2018

More than 300 participants from over 56 countries, including governments, United Nations agencies and non-State actors, came together on 9–11 April 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to share ideas and best practices, to create and strengthen partnerships, and to discuss and debate how to find sustainable solutions to reach the noncommunicable disease (NCD) target 3.4 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainabl...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Sugars and dental caries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

09 Nov 2017

Key facts Dental caries (also known as tooth decay or dental cavities) is the most common noncommunicable disease worldwide. Severe dental caries affects general health and often causes pain and infection, which may result in tooth extraction. Dental caries is an expensive disease to treat, consuming 5–10% of healthcare budgets in industrialized countries, and is among the main reasons...

Briefs & Fact SheetsUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

WHO Global Report on Psoriasis

Report

11 Jul 2016

The World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Psoriasis was published in 2016 in response to the 2014 World Health Assembly resolution (WHA67.9) that stated psoriasis should be viewed as a serious non-communicable disease (NCD). By passing the resolution, all Member States recognized the burden of psoriasis and committed to increase their efforts to fight the stigma and unnecessary exclusion of pe...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder Collaboration

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Armenia STEPS Survey 2016: Prevalence of Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors

Publication

18 Jun 2016

The Armenia STEPS Survey 2016 is the country's first national survey on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors, conducted using the WHO STEPwise approach. Covering adults aged 18–69, the survey assessed both behavioral and biological risk factors for NCDs and highlighted gender, age, and urban–rural differences.&nbsp;Key findings include:27.9% current smokers34.4% used alcohol in the last...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotion+3
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World Health Organization

WHO Report on Psoriasis

Report

29 Apr 2016

The WHO's seminal report on psoriasis from 2016 stands as a cornerstone in understanding the worldwide impact of this condition. Created in response to a resolution on psoriasis (WHA 67.9) passed at the 67th World Health Assembly of the WHO in 2014, in which all Member States recognized the burden of psoriasis and committed to increase efforts to fight stigma and raise awareness of the condition....

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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Diabetes Foundation

Hyperglycemia and Pregnancy in the Americas

Report

08 May 2015

Final report of the Pan American Conference&nbsp;on Diabetes and Pregnancy Lima (Peru), 8-10 September 2015

ReportDiabetesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health

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The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health

Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation

Publication

28 Feb 2013

The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health: Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Development Report, a&nbsp;Lancet&nbsp;Commission revisited the case for investment in health and developed a new investment framework to achieve dramatic health gains by 2035. Our report has four key messages, each accompanied by opportunities for action by national governments of low-income and middl...

PublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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PAHO/WHO

Tobacco Control Country Profiles 2011

Publication

28 Feb 2010

Several publications by the WHO regional office of Americas featuring tobacco control country profiles

PublicationTobacco use

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