Report
24 Apr 2023
The World Heart Report 2023 offers a comprehensive overview of the current trends and evolving landscape across key dimensions of cardiovascular health. By integrating epidemiological, policy, and economic data, the World Heart Report equips policyma...
Publication
24 Apr 2023
The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based polici...
Guide
20 Apr 2023
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for an increasing burden of death and disability globally, especially in low and middle-income countries. Young people under the age of 25 make up 42 per cent of the world’s population, however, when it come...
Report
20 Apr 2023
This report summarizes key findings from a European Regional Workshop entitled ‘Mental Health Advocacy and Action’ in partnership with The George Institute for Global Health and NCD Child. The report: Presents a diverse ra...
Case study
19 Apr 2023
This report includes six case studies from 12 individuals with lived experience of diverse health conditions. These case studies explore the topics of power dynamics and power reorientation towards individuals with lived experience; informed decision...
Case study
18 Apr 2023
As part of NCD Child's Young Leaders Program, the youth-led Advocacy in Action projects provide real-life examples of NCD prevention, control or management.
17 Apr 2023
“Earlier, we had to travel to Kathmandu every month for my son’s cancer follow-up care. This was costly and time-consuming, and my son was also forced to miss school for several days. There were also risks associated with long-distance travel. But all of that has changed now” says Bir Bahadur Chand with a smile on his face. Bir Bahadur and several other families in Western Nepal are...
17 Apr 2023
17 Apr 2023
“I’m like a social worker and I try to use my experience to help other cancer patients to believe that they will survive. They need to know that a cancer diagnosis is not the end.” A passionate advocate for greater awareness, Ana Mazanishvili runs the Pink Space Centre in Tbilisi, Georgia – a charity offering free advice and support for breast cancer patients. She recently con...
17 Apr 2023
Guide
17 Apr 2023
The global community has made great progress in reducing major health burdens in recent decades, including advances in infectious disease control and treatment, maternal, newborn and child health care and sexual and reproductive health (SRH). These s...
15 Apr 2023
The marketing of unhealthy commodities aimed at children and young people is recognized as an effective strategy to induce greater consumption of many products. These strategies have become more diversified and sophisticated in recent years to reach their target audiences through digital spaces such as the use of apps, smartphones, tablets and social media – all allow differ...
15 Apr 2023
14 Apr 2023
Around 17% of adults in Georgia do not get the WHO-recommended amounts of physical activity during the day, and physical activity rates are even lower among children and adolescents. The newly launched WHO “Physical Activity Factsheet 2022: Georgia” gives an overview of the country’s current policies that may become a nationwide action plan for the promotion of physical activity. The fa...
14 Apr 2023
13 Apr 2023
Paul was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 16, after a random urine test during a high-school sports physical examination. This was a blow for Paul who had wanted to join the military, which was a family tradition. Instead, his father encouraged him to serve his country another way through a career in politics and government. Paul lived for 13 years with chronic kidney disease before...
13 Apr 2023
