Briefs & Fact Sheets
23 May 2025
This document outlines the NCD Alliance’s main responses to the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration of the HLM4. The following key messages draw on the NCD Alliance’s consultation with its members on priorities for the political declaration,...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 May 2025
A new report from the UN Secretary-General confirms that the world is massively off track in the prevention and control of NCDs, the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. It calls for urgent action on financing and other key policy interve...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 May 2025
Advocacy asks co-created, consolidated and agreed by over 60 experts – representing Member States, the IFRC network, UN agencies, international NGOs, academic institutions and philanthropic organizations – at a meeting held at the International F...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 May 2025
This policy brief is a collaborative initiative between the WHO Department of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD), Rehabilitation and Disability, and the WHO Health Emergency programme. It was informed by a landscaping review (2021-2022) of public health...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
08 May 2025
This World Thrombosis Day fact sheet explains the differences between arterial and venous thrombosis and identifies risk factors for both conditions. The resource provides essential information for patients and healthcare professionals to understand,...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
05 May 2025
FIRS is supporting a campaign to improve access to inhaled medicines in low resource, high-burden settings to address the massive and rising burden of death and disability from COPD and asthma.Lack of access to inhaled medicines is causing widespread...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
23 Apr 2025
Global Stroke policy brief, highlighting the global stroke burden, and actions to improve prevention, treatment and recovery from stroke as part of the NCD response. Published by the Global Stroke Action Coalition, a multisectoral advocacy initiative...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
19 Apr 2025
Air pollution is contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere. Outdoor and indoor air pollution cause respiratory and other diseases and a...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Apr 2025
This page provides a list of laws, regulations and national strategies which include palliative care or are specific to palliative care. These are available to download and can be used to guide countries in creating new national strategies and o...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Apr 2025
This paper makes the case for prioritizing self-care as a central pillar of the global NCD response. It explores proven self-care strategies that enhance PHC and UHC, empowering people to take an active role in their health. Finally, it outlines thre...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
10 Mar 2025
This is a series of 8 modules (fact sheets) for parents, caregivers and those caring for children with cancer, to help explain key palliative care concepts. These modules address general questions related to what pediatric palliative care is and how...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
21 Feb 2025
All around the world, the burden of noncommunicable diseases is increasing. Noncommunicable diseases are often associated with increased burden on mental health and increased use of health services. For people living with noncommunicable diseases, me...
