World Health Organization (WHO)
Science in 5: asthma and you
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Aug 2024
A 5-minute conversation on asthma - what are the symptoms, what makes it worse, and how can we treat it?
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Aug 2024
A 5-minute conversation on asthma - what are the symptoms, what makes it worse, and how can we treat it?
Publication
20 Aug 2024
To scale up noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health country action, funding was provided to the Secretariat of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Controls of NCDs by the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership for acti...
Publication
20 Aug 2024
This document is the ninth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and asthma. This is also intended as an advocacy tool to widely include...
Fact sheet
07 Aug 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on Pulmonary Embolism (PE). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including its causes, risk factors, signs and symptoms...
Fact sheet
07 Aug 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including the signs, symptoms and risk factors. It...
Publication
18 Jul 2024
Responding to the increasing burden of diabetes around the world, the World Health Organization has launched the Global Diabetes Compact. The launch coincides with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. The WHO Global Diabetes Compact...
Publication
08 Jul 2024
Supporting tobacco users to quit is core demand-reduction measure of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and a key component of WHO MPOWER policy package. This guideline provides technical guidance on a thorough set of tobacco...
Fact sheet
07 Jul 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on hospital-associated thrombosis (HAT). This resource provides essential information about this highly preventable condition, including its causes,...
Database
13 Jun 2024
The primary health care (PHC) country case study compendium is a global resource that aims to enhance ease of access to PHC country case studies published across WHO, international development partners and other global stakeholders. Country cases are...
Fact sheet
07 Jun 2024
The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has created a comprehensive fact sheet on venous thromboembolism (VTE). This resource provides essential information about the condition, including its causes, risk factors, symptoms and...
Case study
16 May 2024
This 2024 publication consolidates the global evidence on implementation and is a guide on the “how” of PHC, combining, as it does, best practices, and the tacit knowledge that countries have generated, with more formal research and analysis. The...
Publication
10 May 2024
This document provides an updated list of “best buys” and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). It is based on Appendix 3 of the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2...