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WHO Regional Office of the Eastern Mediterranean

Stories from the field: sharing successful strategies from the Eastern Mediterranean Region in mitigating noncommunicable diseases and mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

01 Jan 2023

This publication concentrates on unpublished accounts of what Eastern Mediterranean Region countries have done to address noncommunicable diseases and mental health issues, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is not to give a comple...

Multisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseasesEnvironment, climate change and healthHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetyPrimary health care+5

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World Health Organization

Health Taxes: Policy and Practice

Publication

01 Jan 2023

Virtually all fiscal measures influence people's health, through their impacts on behaviour, consumption, income and wealth. A narrow subset of fiscal measures, however, can be more directly aimed at improving health by targeting behaviours and risks...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetyHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+7

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World Health Organization

WHO manual on sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies to promote healthy diets

Guide

12 Dec 2022

Obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have been steadily increasing globally, and with them, a pressing need to implement effective responses to address the contributing factors. Among the available evidence-based policy options th...

GuideCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingUnhealthy diets+4

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Global oral health status report 2022: Towards universal health coverage for oral health by 2030

Report

18 Nov 2022

WHO’s Global oral health status report (GOHSR) provides the first-ever comprehensive picture of oral disease burden and highlights challenges and opportunities to accelerate progress towards universal coverage for oral health. This includes introdu...

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Support Care Cancer

Establishing effective patient navigation programs in oncology

Publication

30 Sep 2022

Purpose Recent advances in cancer treatment have resulted in greatly improved survival, and yet many patients in the USA have not benefited due to poor access to healthcare and difficulty accessing timely care across the cancer care continuum. Rec...

PublicationCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Obesity Federation

The Economic Impact of Overweight & Obesity in 2020 and 2060

Report

25 Sep 2022

Overweight and obesity prevalence is set to cost the global economy 3.3% of GDP by 2060, according to a new study by the World Obesity Federation and RTI International.

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of health

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

World Heart Federation Roadmap for Digital Health in Cardiology

Publication

24 Jul 2022

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based polici...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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The Lancet

Barriers and solutions to implementing a multisectoral action plan to prevent and control non-communicable diseases within UNRWA settings: a mixed-methods study

Publication

01 Jun 2022

Background The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) cares for more than 271 000 Palestine refugees with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the five fields of its operations (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+2

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World Diabetes Foundation, Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities

Article

27 May 2022

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which was once thought to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is now well established in this region. The SSA region is undergoing a rapid but variable epidemiological transition fuelled by the pace of urbanization,...

ArticleBriefs & Fact SheetsDiabetesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+2

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World Heart Federation (WHF)

World Heart Federation Cholesterol Roadmap 2022

Publication

24 Apr 2022

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based polici...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Toolkit for developing a multisectoral action plan for noncommunicable diseases

Guide

20 Apr 2022

This toolkit is a "how to" guide for developing, implementing and evaluating a multisectoral action plan for prevention and control of NCDs. It is targeted at policy-makers, planners and programme managers, and is intended to help countries, province...

GuidePublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+2

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Union for International Cancer Control

Philippines: Financing for Cervical Cancer Elimination

Report

05 Apr 2022

There are many health system drivers that influence a country’s ability to implement an effective strategy for reducing cervical cancer incidence. Financing, in particular, is a major contributor to how well – or how poorly – a national program...

ReportCancerMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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