Strategy document
16 Feb 2014
The WHO Global NCD action plan 2013–2020 follows on from commitments made by Heads of State and Government in the United Nations Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of NCDs (resolution A/RES/66/2), recognizing the primary role and r...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Nov 2013
There has been a rapid increase in urban population in developing countries as a result of many factors including overall population pressure, but mainly due to centralized development priorities that have made cities the centres of politico-socio-ec...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Nov 2013
As a consequence of urbanization and shifts in consumption patterns, South Africa (SA) suffers from high hypertension rates previously prevalent in resource-rich settings and wealthier populations. Trends over time in SA reveal both a growing prevale...
Report
27 Nov 2013
This report was prepared with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation (grant no. 2012 THS 317) as part of the Rockefeller Transforming Health Systems Initiative, Supporting the Development of Regional Positions on Health in All Policies and Identif...
04 Mar 2013
OverviewThese tools of the WHO Package of Essential Noncommunicable Diseases Interventions (WHO PEN) support implementation of very cost effective interventions through an integrated approach.Implementation of WHO PEN is a key component of the object...
Publication
28 Feb 2013
The Lancet Commission on Investing in Health: Prompted by the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Development Report, a Lancet Commission revisited the case for investment in health and developed a new investment framework to achieve dramati...
Declaration
27 Nov 2010
The Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies is to engage leaders and policy-makers at all levels of government—local, regional, national and international. It emphasizes that government objectives are best achieved when all sectors include hea...
Publication
28 Feb 2010
Several publications by the WHO regional office of Americas featuring tobacco control country profiles
Report
15 Aug 2007
A global in-depth report covering the intersections between Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer
Guide
29 Sep 2005
The purpose of the manual is to provide guidelines and supporting material for sites embarking on a STEPS stroke surveillance study, so they are able to:plan and prepare the surveillance study scope and environment • recruit and train data collecti...
Publication
15 Aug 2002
The search for the links between diet, nutritional and metabolic factors and cancer aetiology is an area of research which, over the past two decades, has attracted increasing attention both from a scientific and a public health point of view. In thi...
