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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Resolution: Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from challenges to solutions ( (EM/RC72/R.4)

Publication

20 Oct 2025

The resolution urges Member States to integrate palliative care into national health systems — including universal health coverage benefit packages, primary and hospital-based services, and home/community care — while also ensuring access to esse...

PublicationAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careRefugee and migrant health+4

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from challenges to solutions

Strategy document

30 Sep 2025

The WHO EMRO technical paper “Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from challenges to solutions” supports the recent RC Resolution in the region. The technical paper provides insights to&nbsp;quantify and exposes a large unmet nee...

Strategy documentAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careRefugee and migrant health+4

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United Nations

Note by the Secretary-General: Progress on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and the promotion of mental health and well-being

Report

28 Feb 2025

This report, submitted to the UN General Assembly in 2017, provides an overview of global progress in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It outlines measures taken since 2014, identifies areas where progress has been limi...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationDigital health and innovationEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingNutrition and food safetyPrimary health careRefugee and migrant healthSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+19

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Palliative Medicine

Evaluation of the integration of palliative care in a fragile setting amongst host and refugee communities

Article

04 Sep 2024

Palliative care integration in primary care health and community systems is needed in fragile, conflict affected and vulnerable settings.Refugee and host populations suffer from many dimensions of distress that could be addressed by culturally approp...

ArticleAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthRefugee and migrant health+2

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Addressing noncommunicable diseases in emergencies: a regional framework for action

Briefs & Fact Sheets

11 Mar 2024

The Eastern Mediterranean Region faces numerous emergencies due to natural and human-made hazards. These emergencies disrupt health systems, increasing morbidity and mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).&nbsp;The framework aims to integrate...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+6

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NCD Alliance, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

The MENA region: Research into multistakeholder approaches

Case study

21 Feb 2024

In 2011, the Syrian conflict began. It has significantly raised awareness and action on NCDs in humanitarian settings, both in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region and globally – for example, World Health Organization NCD Kits were partic...

Case studyCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+6

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Knowledge Hub: NCDs in Humanitarian Settings

Database

14 Feb 2024

The knowledge hub collates key resources to support the community of humanitarian organizations and academic institutions committed to improving the lives of people living with noncommunicable diseases in humanitarian settings. &nbsp;The hub’s core...

DatabaseEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseRefugee and migrant health

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World Diabetes Foundation, Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Type 2 diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities

Article

27 May 2022

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which was once thought to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), is now well established in this region. The SSA region is undergoing a rapid but variable epidemiological transition fuelled by the pace of urbanization,...

ArticleBriefs & Fact SheetsDiabetesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health+2

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World Health Organization

Mental health in emergencies

Briefs & Fact Sheets

16 Mar 2022

Key facts Almost all people affected by emergencies will experience psychological distress, which for most people will improve over time. Among people who have experienced war or other conflict in the previous 10 years, one in five (22%) will...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseRefugee and migrant health+1

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World Health Organization

Mental health and forced displacement

Briefs & Fact Sheets

12 Mar 2022

Key facts There were an estimated 272 million international migrants in 2019 (1). Refugees, asylum seekers and irregular migrants are of special concern and need protection and support. Migrants and refugees can be exposed to various stress f...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsRefugee and migrant healthSocial determinants of health+1

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eClinicalMedicine

COVID-19, conflict, and non-communicable diseases among refugees

Publication

15 Apr 2021

The document discusses the challenges faced by refugees in managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights how refugees are at an increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes due to pre-existing NCDs, compounded by s...

PublicationCommunicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseRefugee and migrant health+1

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Conflict and Health

Operational considerations for the management of non-communicable diseases in humanitarian emergencies

Publication

25 Feb 2021

Abstract Non-communicable diseases (NCD) represent an increasing global challenge with the majority of mortality occurring in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Concurrently, many humanitarian crises occur in these countries and the number...

PublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingRefugee and migrant health

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