WHO FCTC Secretariat
Strategic communication planning in support of tobacco control
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Jan 2025
A guide to creating evidence-based communication plans in support of tobacco control.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
30 Jan 2025
A guide to creating evidence-based communication plans in support of tobacco control.
Case study
29 Jan 2025
The Young Leaders in Diabetes (YLD) are individuals between 15 and 30 years old who complete a year-long training held in ADJ Diabetes Brasil, since 2009. In addition to 6 months of practical and theoretical training, the YLD write, implement, and an...
Publication
29 Jan 2025
This guide is a comprehensive resource for healthcare professionals, academics, and communicators, offering recommendations on respectful and empowering language to engage with individuals living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
Publication
28 Jan 2025
The aim of this report is to provide a comprehensive baseline assessment on the global oral health targets to track implementation progress of the Global oral health action plan 2023–2030. The report offers an overview of the current situation and...
Report
27 Jan 2025
In May 2025, during the 78th World Health Assembly, WHO Member States adopted the Road map for an enhanced global response to the adverse health effects of air pollution (2025–2030). This strategic framework aims to reduce mortality from anthropoge...
Guide
27 Jan 2025
This guideline provides evidence-informed guidance on the use of lower-sodium salt substitutes (LSSS).The recommendation in this guideline can be used by policy-makers, programme managers, health professionals and other stakeholders in their efforts...
Guide
24 Jan 2025
This guide emphasizes the urgent need to address malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition, overweight, obesity, and diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and cancers. It advocates for...
Case study
24 Jan 2025
This collection of case studies explores the rationale used by selected countries to establish food and nutrition policies to protect the health of their populations, identifies the approaches used in doing so, and describes the key challenges and le...
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...
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...
23 Jan 2025
The object of this mid-term evaluation, as requested by Member States through decision WHA74(11), was to assess the new operating model of the GCM/NCD launched in 2022 under its 2022–2025 workplan and building upon the 2020 final evaluation of...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
21 Jan 2025
A briefing paper by the NCD Alliance highlighting barriers and opportunities for improving access to essential medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It outlines key challenges such as availability, affordability, and equita...