World Health Organization
What heads of state and government need to know: NCDs
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights five main priorities for Heads of State and Government in confronting NCDs.
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World Health Organization
What local governments need to know: NCDs
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights urbanization as a driver of the noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemic. It points out that cost-effective initiatives at municipal and local level can prevent NCDs while delivering wider societal benefits.
World Health Organization
WHO global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases - Working Group Report
Report
12 Nov 2018
This 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). The Working Group was tasked with providing recommendations to the WHO Director-Gen...
World Health Organization
WHO global coordination mechanism on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases - Working Group Report
Report
12 Nov 2018
This 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). The Working Group was tasked with providing recommendations to the WHO Director-Gen...
WHO Regional Office for Europe
Noncommunicable diseases prevention and control in the South-eastern Europe Health Network. An analysis of intersectoral collaboration (2012)
Report
12 Nov 2018
This document provides an overview of the existing tools for implementing intersectoral action against NCDs and highlights developments in the fields of tobacco and nutrition in south-eastern Europe. It also contains recommendations on key action to...
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Report of the Regional Consultation on Multisectoral policies for prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the South East Asian Region
Report
12 Nov 2018
This document is a report of the Regional Consultation on Multisectoral Policies for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) (August 2014), in Bengaluru, India. The purpose of the meeting was to provide a forum to share best practic...
WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia
Approaches to establishing country-level, multisectoral coordination mechanisms for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases
Report
12 Nov 2018
The determinants and implications of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are spread across diverse sectors within and outside the government. This calls for Member States to set up multisectoral coordination mechanisms (hereafter referred to as “the me...
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
The economic burden of noncommunicable diseases
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO to facilitate intragovernmental dialogue for a better understanding of NCD issues b...
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
Disease Risk Factors in the Americas: Considerations on the Strengthening of Regulatory Capacity
Report
17 Oct 2018
This document, prepared under the the Organization’s innovative initiative “Strengthening Regulatory Capacity in the Region of the Americas for NCD Risk Factors” (REGULA), provides an overview of the status of key noncommunicable disease (NCD)...
WHO Regional Office for the Americas
Strategic Fund. Annual Report 2017. Access to quality medicines and health
Report
17 Oct 2018
The Strategic Fund is a regional technical cooperation mechanism for pooled procurement of essential medicines and strategic public health supplies in the Americas. The Strategic Fund was created in 2000 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)...
WHO Regional Office for Africa
Rwanda's Performance in Addressing Social Determinants of Health and Intersectoral Action
Case study
17 Oct 2018
This case study uses a qualitative approach to describe Rwanda's progress in addressing the social determinants of health by comparing the Rwanda’s situation against the five key themes of the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Hea...
WHO Regional Office for Africa
The African Regional Health Report 2014 - The health of the people: what works
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report is the first report to focus on the health of the 738 million people living in the African Region of the World Health Organization. It provides a comprehensive analysis of key public health issues and progress made on them in the Africa R...