Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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World Health Organization

World report on social determinants of health equity

Report

06 May 2025

Unacceptable gaps persist in how long people can expect to live healthy lives depending on where they live, the communities they belong to, their education level, their race and ethnicity, their income and wealth, their gender and whether they have a...

ReportMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationSocial determinants of health+2

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Webinar Series

Database

23 Apr 2025

ASH began this webinar series as the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 to fill an information gap that existed. We’ve continued the series to provide a platform for credible partners to share their timely research and resources.

DatabaseCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+6

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BMJ Global Health, Global Healthcare Information Network CIC

Universal access to essential health information: accelerating progress towards universal health coverage and other SDG health targets

Publication

10 Apr 2025

Geoff Royston, Neil Pakenham-Walsh, Chris Zielinski.&nbsp;BMJ Global Health&nbsp;2020;5:e002475. https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/5/e002475 &nbsp;&nbsp;ABSTRACT: The information that people need to protect and manage their own health and the health of th...

PublicationDigital health and innovationGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPrimary health careSocial determinants of health+5

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HEALTH GROUPS FILE SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST THE US FDA

Article

02 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 2, 2024 – The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), and the National Medical Association (NMA), represented by Christopher Leung of Leung Law PLLC, have filed a se...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupSocial determinants of healthTobacco use+6

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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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World Stroke Organization

Averting a Global Health Crisis - pragmatic policy interventions to prevent stroke

Briefs & Fact Sheets

04 Feb 2025

This World Stroke Organization policy brief outlines key challenges and opportunities to reduce the global burden of stroke and NCDs through interventions a policy and healthcare systems level. The brief draws on WHO Best Buys for tackling NCDs and &...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and servicesEnvironment, climate change and healthGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionPrimary health careSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+12

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World Health Organization (WHO)

Operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 6: Tuberculosis and comorbidities, third edition

Publication

24 Jan 2025

Addressing comorbidities and risk factors for tuberculosis (TB) is a crucial component of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s End TB Strategy. This WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis. Module 6: tuberculosis and comorbidities aims to sup...

PublicationChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholTobacco use+4

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Action on Smoking and Health

Tobacco Endgame Webinars

Database

23 Jan 2025

ASH hosts regular educational webinars for public health advocates to learn from each other and strengthen our tobacco control work.One Webinar Attendee said:“You’re doing wonderful work and everyone truly does benefit from the training opportuni...

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Critical Actions for Mental Health Promotion

Publication

28 Nov 2024

This Position Statement was prepared on behalf of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Mental Health Promotion

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsGender, equity and human rightsHealth promotionPrevention of violence and injuriesSocial determinants of health+3
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Science Direct: Social Sciences and Medicine

Epistemic struggles: The role of advocacy in promoting epistemic justice and rights in mental health

Article

22 Nov 2024

Advocacy for people using health and social care services is widely promoted but its theoretical foundation is under-developed and its impact poorly conceptualised. This paper explores the liberatory potential of in- dependent advocacy, using Fricker...

ArticleMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health+3

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Institutionalizing social participation in health policy for better performing health systems: policy lessons from the field

Publication

20 Nov 2024

Social participation is increasingly acknowledged as essential to making health policies that respond to people’s experiences, expectations and needs, and as a key driver of equitable, inclusive and responsive health systems. This policy brief offe...

PublicationMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesNCD LabSocial determinants of health+1

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HelpAge International

Achieving UHC fit for an ageing world

Report

05 Nov 2024

By 2030, 1.4 billion people will be aged 60 and over. Yet the majority of health and care systems worldwide remain unprepared for population ageing and associated rises in rates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and disabilities. This is particularly...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupDisability and rehabilitationGender, equity and human rightsHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+15

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