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Cancer Control Ontario, Ontario Health

A Palliative Care Approach for Primary Care from Cancer Control Ontario

Guide

26 Mar 2025

Integrating a palliative care approach earlier in the disease trajectory improves the quality of living and dying, and relieves suffering for patients and families living with life-limiting illnesses. This tool outlines the approach through three ste...

GuideCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization

PHC/GHI Toolbox

16 Mar 2025

The aim of the PHC/GHI Toolbox&nbsp;is to provide practical information on PHC that can be used when assisting countries to access and optimally use GHI and other donor funding. It contains a PHC GHI Resources database to enable access to up-to-date...

Health system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Atlas of palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2021)

Report

11 Mar 2025

This first WHO report Assessing palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, developed in collaboration with the ATLANTES Global Observatory of Palliative Care based at the University of Navarra, provides a systematic and comprehensive evalua...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+5

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United Nations

Note by the Secretary-General: Progress on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being

Report

28 Feb 2025

This report, submitted to the UN General Assembly in 2017, provides an overview of global progress in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It outlines measures taken since 2014, identifies areas where progress has been limi...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationDigital health and innovationEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetyPrimary health careRefugee and migrant healthSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+19

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World Diabetes Foundation

Rising to the challenge: Five takeaways from the International Meeting on type 1 diabetes

Article

18 Feb 2025

In a groundbreaking conference, international leaders in type 1 diabetes care exchanged knowledge, strategies, and visions for the future. Here are key takeaways from the discussions that are set to reshape type 1 diabetes (T1D) care and patient empo...

ArticleDiabetesMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization, World Bank Group

Financing for NCDs and Mental Health: Making the money work better

Publication

14 Feb 2025

This policy brief reviews the options for governments to improve and get better value for money in their spending on NCDs and mental health. It also identifies options for ministries of health to use discretionary funds to support increased effective...

PublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization, World Bank Group

Financing for NCDs and Mental Health: Where will the money come from?

Publication

14 Feb 2025

This policy brief reviews the options for increasing funding for NCDs and mental health from the perspective of health ministries, finance ministries, and development agencies. This policy brief complements another policy brief, Financing for NCDs an...

PublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Implementing the WHO Indicators for Assessing Palliative Care Development in Three Countries: A Do-It-Yourself Approach

Article

31 Jan 2025

This article shows how 3 countries applied the indicators from the WHO's conceptual model of palliative care development independently using a practical, step-by-step method. It highlights the feasibility and value of a locally driven approach to map...

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

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Bangkok Declaration - No Health Without Oral Health

Declaration

31 Jan 2025

In 2024, WHO convened&nbsp;the first-ever Global oral health meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, as part of the preparatory process for the 4th United Nations High-level Meeting (HLM4) on NCDs in 2025.&nbsp;This landmark event aimed to accelerate and scale...

DeclarationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingHarmful use of alcoholTobacco useUnhealthy diets+2

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Lancet Oncology

The changing global landscape of national cancer control plans

Article

20 Jan 2025

Global efforts to highlight cancer and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a growing burden were first raised in 2005 World Health Assembly Resolution 58.22 and reinforced with Resolution 70.12 and the Global NCD action plan in 2017. One common threa...

ArticleCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Stroke Organization

Averting a global health crisis Pragmatic policy interventions to prevent stroke

Briefs & Fact Sheets

02 Jan 2025

This policy brief sets out pragmatic, evidence-based interventions to prevent stroke at population, healthcare system, and individual levels. It highlights cost-effective policies, risk factor management, and multisectoral strategies to support gover...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Implementing the WHO Indicators for assessing palliative care development in three countries: a Do-It-Yourself approach.

Article

01 Jan 2025

The report assesses global palliative care using 14 WHO indicators to identify health system strengths and weaknesses at the country level. Pilot projects in Benin, Morocco, and Uruguay and a’Do-it-yourself’ approach offer valuable insights and a...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+4
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