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United for Global Mental Health

Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward

Report

07 Mar 2024

Delve into “Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward” that examines the critical need for immediate and sustained investment in mental health worldwide.&nbsp; Key findings from the report include: The global annual...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Global breast cancer initiative implementation framework: assessing, strengthening and scaling up of services for the early detection and management of breast cancer

Publication

07 Mar 2024

Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. The Global Breast Cancer Initiative strives to reduce breast cancer mortality by 2.5%...

PublicationCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+1

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NCD Alliance, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The MENA region: Research into multistakeholder approaches

Case study

21 Feb 2024

In 2011, the Syrian conflict began. It has significantly raised awareness and action on NCDs in humanitarian settings, both in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region and globally – for example, World Health Organization NCD Kits were partic...

Case studyCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+6

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Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control & its Protocols

The Global Case for Investment in Tobacco Control

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Jan 2024

Even though the prevalence and absolute number of current tobacco users aged 15 years old or older has declined steadily in the 20 years since the adoption of the WHO FCTC, the journey is far from over. Over 8.7 million lives continue to be lost each...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+5

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United for Global Mental Health

Development Assistance For Mental Health 2023

Publication

07 Dec 2023

United for Global Mental Health presents&nbsp;a new brief titled “Development Assistance for Mental Health 2023,” which unveils the evolving landscape of global support for mental well-being. Today, despite a growth in aid in general, only a hand...

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

Global report on the use of alcohol taxes, 2023

Report

05 Dec 2023

This report provides an assessment of taxes applied to alcoholic beverages at the global level. It qualitatively compares their design and provides estimates of standardized metrics to compare tax levels between countries, for the first time at the g...

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcohol+1

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Vital Strategies

The Next Frontier in Tobacco Marketing: The Metaverse, NFTs, Advergames and More.

Briefs & Fact Sheets

24 Nov 2023

As people have shifted to using digital media, marketers of unhealthy products like tobacco have followed. This report from Canary (previously TERM) uncovers the latest tobacco marketing tactics online, from advergaming to influencer promotions. It a...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMultistakeholder CollaborationDigital health and innovationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+2

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WHO South East Asia Regional Office

Palliative care: Models of service delivery and symptom management (Online Course)

Database

30 Oct 2023

This course aims to provide information on the basic understanding of palliative care and the elements of service program for delivering palliative care. The course contents will also include the considerations in managing signs, symptoms and ass...

DatabaseGuideHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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WHO South East Asia Regional Office

HEARTS of NCD: An integrated approach to management of noncommunicable diseases in primary health care (Online Course)

Database

30 Oct 2023

In this course, you will learn about the integrated approach to the management of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in primary health care. NCDs including heart disease, diabetes mellitus (DM), and chronic respiratory diseases (CRD) are the leading...

DatabaseGuideHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+1

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BMJ Global Health

Strengthening evidence to inform health systems: opportunities for the WHO and partners to accelerate progress on non-communicable diseases

Article

10 Oct 2023

The World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) 2013–2020 (NCD-GAP), now extended to 2030. An evaluation of the NCD-GAP, published in 2020, found that research has been th...

ArticleHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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NCD Child, Elsevier - Journal of Adolescent Health

Young Adults' Hopes Regarding Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Management After the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Pandemic: Reflections From the NCD Child #YouthCOVIDCHAT Campaign

Publication

22 Sep 2023

Purpose The SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has left a massive global death toll in its wake. Associated restrictions, precautions and&nbsp;lockdowns&nbsp;have disrupted daily routines, which has been associated with&nbsp;social isolation&nbsp;and major...

PublicationAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health+2

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Chatham House

Domestic public financing is the key to universal health coverage

Article

22 Sep 2023

On the eve of the United Nations high-level meeting on universal health coverage (UHC), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) have published a sobering report which shows that the world is alarmingly off track to reaching the Sustain...

ArticleHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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