Fact sheet
15 Feb 2019
Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients (adults and children) and their families who are facing problems associated with life-threatening illness. It prevents and relieves suffering through the early identificatio...
Guide
15 Feb 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed Guidelines for the pharmacologic and radiotherapeutic management of cancer pain in adults and adolescents to provide evidence-based guidance to initiating and managing cancer pain. The aims of these g...
Guide
15 Feb 2019
This publication, Improving data for decision-making: a toolkit for cervical cancer prevention and control programmes, expands the support provided to low- and middle-income countries in current global normative guidance. The toolkit presen...
Guide
07 Feb 2019
The Food Guide for the Uruguayan population is an informative material that aims to promote a healthy, balanced and pleasurable diet. It was developed with the support of the Pan American Health Organization, UNICEF and FAO.
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to consider the alignment of international cooperation with national NCD plans...
Report
25 Jan 2019
This final report is the outcome of the Working Group convened by the WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) to recommend ways and means of encouraging Member States and non-State actors...
Guide
01 Jan 2019
Cancers are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, responsible for 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million deaths in 2018. Pain is experienced by 55% of patients undergoing anti-cancer treatment and by 66% of patients who have...
Guide
06 Dec 2018
This Cancer Atlas was developed to give the global cancer community a new tool in the fight against cancer. Leaders worldwide can arm themselves with actionable data and insights to make better decisions – and work toward putting an end to the canc...
Fact sheet
27 Nov 2018
This fact sheet describes tobacco use as the one risk factor common to the four main groups of NCDs — cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and diabetes.
Report
27 Nov 2018
This briefing paper highlights the NCD Alliance call for accelerated implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Database
12 Nov 2018
This interactive web-based platform presents global cancer statistics to inform cancer control and cancer research. The platform focuses on the visualization of cancer indicators to illustrate the changing scale, epidemiological profile, and impact o...
Database
12 Nov 2018
Launched in September 2016, this NCD document repository provides access to over 2900 documents containing NCD targets, policies, and guidelines submitted by Member States to WHO.
