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World Health Organization

Collaborating mechanisms promoting health and preventing noncommunicable diseases: the Finnish experience - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

Finland

27 May 2024

The Advisory Board for Public Health supports the implementation of multisectoral measures to develop well-being, health and safety in different sectors of society, including outside the health care and social welfare sector. The members of the Advisory Board come from various administrative branches representing different ministries, regional state administrative agencies, towns and cities, nongo...

27 May 2024

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World Health Organization

Supporting the National Tobacco Prevention and Control Programme: work of the National Tobacco Control Coordination Committee - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

Ethiopia

27 May 2024

The Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) formed the multisectoral National Tobacco Control Coordination Committee in 2015, which includes all relevant government sectors, civil society, academia and the private sector, such as the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute. The objective of the Coordinating Committee is to coordinate implementation of the...

27 May 2024

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World Health Organization

Healthy Tasmania Strategy for Preventive Health and the Premier’s Health and Wellbeing Advisory Council - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

Australia

27 May 2024

The Tasmanian Government released the Healthy Tasmania Strategy for Preventive Health and established the Premier’s Health and Wellbeing Advisory Council in 2016 which include strategies to strengthen multisectoral action for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in Tasmania. Enablers of multisectoral action included the authorizing environment provided by government and community leadershi...

27 May 2024

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World Health Organization

Brazil's national strategy to prevent childhood obesity and to promote healthier cities (Proteja) - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

Brazil

24 May 2024

The Brazilian Strategy to Prevent and Care for Childhood Obesity (Proteja) encompasses a comprehensive selection of 61 predefined multisectoral actions to address childhood obesity. This case study describes how multisectoral action enhanced the implementation of Proteja at the municipal level. The municipality leads implementation of multisectoral actions based on a multisectoral municipal act...

24 May 2024

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PAN American Health Organization (PAHO)

Bermuda Makes Progress in Hypertension Management with Hearts Implementation

Bermuda

17 May 2024

Kingston, Jamaica, May 17, 2024&nbsp;(PAHO) – In Bermuda, hypertension is a leading non-communicable disease affecting a significant portion of the population. The last STEPS survey conducted in 2014 revealed that 33.4% of the population had raised blood pressures (Systolic Blood Pressure ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg) or were currently on medication for raised blood pressures. Recognizing the...

17 May 2024

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International League of Dermatological Societies

Empowering Skin Health in Africa: the Regional Dermatology Training Centre

United Republic of Tanzania

15 May 2024

Join us as we explore the vital work of the Regional Dermatology Training Centre (RDTC) in Moshi, Tanzania. The RDTC has been a beacon of hope and inspiration for over three decades, pioneering innovative solutions to tackle the pressing issue of limited access to dermatological care in Africa. Through its education, training, and community outreach, the RDTC is reshaping the landscape of dermatol...

15 May 2024

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World Health Organization

Integrating NCD services in Ethiopia: developing a Three-In-One approach though implementation research

Ethiopia

13 May 2024

Integrated primary care services for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension, or cervical cancer are among the most promising approaches for better and more cost-effective care. From low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), however, there is only limited practical experience and evidence on how to successfully implement such integrated models of care for NCDs. In Ethiopia, a...

13 May 2024

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PAN American Health Organization (PAHO)

Bolivian health professionals see strengths in SIP PLUS as an instrument for the adequate care of women and girls who are victims of violence

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

09 May 2024

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, May 9, 2024 (PAHO)-&nbsp;Experts from the Latin American Center for Perinatology, Women's Health, and Reproductive Health (CLP/WR) of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) shared the clinical history of violence with directors of health facilities in the department of Santa Cruz, as part of the strengthening of primary care serv...

09 May 2024

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UNHCR, World Diabetes Foundation

Elderly Refugee Couple benefit from Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - Project

United Republic of Tanzania

08 May 2024

Community sensitization, mobilization and early diagnosis is saving lives of non-communicable disease refugee patients specifically diabetes in Tanzania.

08 May 2024

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NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation

Jordan puts NCDs at heart of UHC and humanitarian response

Jordan

08 May 2024

Jordan’s government and civil society are stepping up action to strengthen NCD prevention and care, working together as part of their commitment to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) to reduce the NCD burden among both refugees and vulnerable Jordanians.

08 May 2024

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World Diabetes Foundation, Welfare Foundation

A decade of partnerships in Georgia: Voices of the community

Georgia

08 May 2024

How can a decade of projects bringing health to rural communities in Georgia continue to make a difference today? WDF went there to find out. &nbsp; This autumn, WDF's Board of Directors had this chance to experience the progress made by the six projects supported by our Foundation in Georgia. &nbsp; For more than a decade, these projects have been serving rural and socially vulnerab...

08 May 2024

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World Diabetes Foundation

The Tanzanian recipe for impact - access to care for people living with diabetes in LMICs

United Republic of Tanzania

08 May 2024

An estimated 1 in 8 of adults among Tanzania’s 64 million population are living with diabetes.&nbsp;More than half of those are undiagnosed. A 2017 external evaluation of WDF-supported projects in Tanzania concluded that, on average, there were 526 more diabetes patients and 1,224 more hypertension patients under treatment per district per month in districts where WDF programmes were implemented...

08 May 2024

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