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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Plan of Action for the Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document provides Member States with the rationale and key strategic lines of action for comprehensive public health interventions to halt the progression of the obesity epidemic in children and adolescents.

Strategy documentMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthPhysical inactivityUnhealthy diets+3

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document, endorsed to reduce the harmful use of alcohol, proposes to use the WHO’s global strategy as the framework for action and includes a regional plan of action implementing the global strategy.

Strategy documentHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol - 2011 (Resolution)

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This strategy document sets out the principal areas of work to be addressed and identifies areas for technical cooperation to address the varying needs of Member States with regard to harmful alcohol consumption.

Strategy documentHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Population and Individual Approaches to the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Obesity

Report

17 Oct 2018

The main goal of this resolution is to call on Member States to prioritize the prevention of obesity and diabetes and their common risk factors by establishing and/or strengthening policies and programs, integrating them into public and private healt...

ReportDiabetesNutrition and food safetySocial determinants of healthUnhealthy diets+2

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Prevention of Suicidal Behavior

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This report was conceived as a practical tool that provides essential information to better understand suicidal behavior and the main strategies to combat it, from registry to the evaluation of interventions, taking into account the approaches alread...

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsPrevention of violence and injuries

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Profile of capacity and response to noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors in the Region of the Americas: Country capacity survey results (2015)

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report is intended to call attention to the urgent need to accelerate national efforts and invest more resources to fulfill the NCD commitments.

ReportMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Report on Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report summarizes the progress reported up to December 31, 2017 in the six main measures for tobacco control prioritized by the MPOWER tool.

ReportCancerTobacco use

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Road Safety in the Americas

Report

17 Oct 2018

This report functions as a monitoring tool for assessing the situation into the Decade and Plan of Action’s third year. As such, it describes the current road safety situation in the Americas; identifies gaps in road safety and stimulates national...

ReportEnvironment, climate change and healthHarmful use of alcohol

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategies to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol: Draft Global Strategy - 2010

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This global strategy document focuses on ten key areas of policy options and interventions at the national level and four priority areas for global action to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

Strategy documentCardiovascular DiseaseCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHarmful use of alcohol+3

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy - 2009 (Resolution)

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document presents the resolution to endorse the Strategy and approve the Plan of Action on Epilepsy and their implementation under the particular conditions of each country to provide an appropriate response to current and future needs.

Strategy documentMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategy and Plan of Action on Epilepsy - 2011

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document describes the experiences in our Hemisphere, expresses the commitment of the governments, and is compatible with the Global Action Program (mhGAP).

Strategy documentMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+4

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WHO Regional Office for the Americas

Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022

Strategy document

17 Oct 2018

This document offers a roadmap for prioritizing key provisions of the Convention that will enable the Member States to accelerate its implementation to meet targets established for the reduction of tobacco use and premature deaths from NCDs.

Strategy documentTobacco use

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