World Health Organization
Infant and young child feeding
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according to the "Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Every infant and child has the right to good nutrition according to the "Convention on the Rights of the Child...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Around 2.3 billion people worldwide (around a third of the global population) cook using open fires or ineffic...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of 200 known viruses. They do not cause concerns in most peo...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Commercial determinants of health are the private sector activities that affect people’s health, directly or...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.23 milli...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally with around 660 000 new cases and around 35...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stu...
Report
07 Mar 2024
Delve into “Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward” that examines the critical need for immediate and sustained investment in me...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key Facts: Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2021, about 4500 every day. ...
Publication
07 Mar 2024
Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income cou...
Fact sheet
06 Mar 2024
Much is known about the tactics corporate actors use to influence government policy and regulation and to increase their sales and profits. Less is known abo...
Guide
06 Mar 2024
This practical guide aims to support community advocacy on NCDs, translating into practice the concept of health equity. ...