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World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe, United Nations Interagency Task Force on NCDs (UNIATF)

Armenia: Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. The case for investment

Report

06 Dec 2019

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Armenia. This report provides evidence through three...

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Health taxes: a primer

Fact sheet

18 Nov 2019

Health taxes: a primer summarizes the evidence on the health and economic impact of health taxes (those imposed on products with a negative public health impact like tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and fossil fuels). These taxes result in...

Fact sheetCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsTobacco useUnhealthy diets+5

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World Health Organization (WHO)

QualityRights materials for training, guidance and transformation

Guide

12 Nov 2019

Set of various materials for training, guidance and transformation. As part of the QualityRights Initiative, WHO has developed a comprehensive package of training and guidance materials. The materials can be used to build capacity among mental health...

GuideMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesGender, equity and human rights+1

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Inter-Parliamentary Union

IPU Resolution 'Achieving universal health coverage by 2030: The role of parliaments in ensuring the right to health'

Declaration

12 Nov 2019

The Inter-Parliamentary Union&nbsp;Resolution 'Achieving universal health coverage by 2030: The role of parliaments in ensuring the right to health', represents&nbsp;a commitment to harness the power of parliaments to translate political commitment i...

Declaration
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United Nations

Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Universal health Coverage "Universal Health Coverage: moving together to build a healthier world

Declaration

12 Nov 2019

On 23 September, at the United Nations General Assembly, all 193 UN Member States adopted a high-level political declaration on universal health coverage in New York, the most comprehensive document ever on global health and the right to access quali...

Declaration
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WHO Regional Office for Europe

What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being?

Report

12 Nov 2019

This scoping review&nbsp;synthesizes the global evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being, with a specific focus on the WHO European Region&nbsp;Over the past two decades, there has been a major increase in research into the...

ReportHealth promotionSocial determinants of health

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World Stroke Organization

Global Stroke Guidelines and Action Plan: A Road Map for Quality Stroke Care

Guide

14 Oct 2019

The WSO Roadmap to Delivering Quality Stroke Care is an implementation resource to accompany the WSO Global Stroke Services Guideline and Action Plan. This roadmap provides the framework for the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of stroke ser...

GuideCardiovascular DiseaseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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United Republic of Tanzania

Tanzania National Diabetes Program 2013-2017 End Term Evaluation

Publication

11 Oct 2019

The National Diabetes Program was coordinated through the Ministry of Health under the NCD section and was directly placed under the National NCD steering committee. The rollout of NDP program was made to utilize the already existing health infrastru...

PublicationReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4
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World Health Organization

World report on vision

Report

08 Oct 2019

At present at least 2.2 billion people around the world have a vision impairment, of whom at least 1 billion have a vision impairment that could have been prevented or is yet to be addressed. The world faces considerable challenges in terms of eye ca...

ReportDisability and rehabilitation

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World Obesity Federation

SCOPE

03 Oct 2019

SCOPE is a free&nbsp;internationally-recognized certification in obesity management.&nbsp;It equips health professionals with up to date, evidence-based obesity management resources, to better treat their patients with obesity and to excel in their c...

Cardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+1

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World Obesity

Global Atlas on Childhood Obesity

Report

03 Oct 2019

The atlas presents data for every country based on their current and predicted levels of obesity in children, the risk factors and the presence of government policies to tackle obesity, such as restricting the marketing of foods to children, encourag...

ReportCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+4

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Alcohol policy impact case study: the effects of alcohol control measures on mortality and life expectancy in the Russian Federation

Report

03 Oct 2019

Alcohol consumption has long been recognized as one of the main driving factors of mortality in the Russian Federation, especially among men of working age. The introduction of various evidence-based alcohol control measures at the beginning of the 2...

ReportHarmful use of alcohol

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