Report
07 May 2023
This 2023 Global Progress Report on Implementation of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products is the second in the series of reports prepared since the entry into force of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Product...
Report
07 May 2023
The 2023 Global Progress Report on Implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is the tenth in the series of reports prepared since the entry into force of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) on...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
09 Apr 2023
Between 10 March and 20 April 2023, the ACCISS Study took a global snapshot of the prices people currently pay for glargine insulin and its affordability. Individuals from 47 countries collected the full price for all glargine products found in...
Report
30 Mar 2023
This report reveals the barriers that millions of older people face in realising their right to health, specifically access to quality, acceptable, and non-discriminatory health services. It is grounded in consultations with older people from diverse...
Guide
20 Feb 2023
Social participation is an important means for governments to develop responsive health policies and programmes, which are more likely to be implemented by a broad stakeholder group. It is at the heart of the inclusive governance needed for countries...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
16 Feb 2023
The Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the Prevention and Control of NCDs (The NCD Presidential Group) is an informal, voluntary, collaborative arrangement of interested Heads of State and Government from WHO Member States that will co...
Strategy document
16 Feb 2023
The roadmap is to be developed in response to the Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013–2030 and the recommendations of the mid-term evaluation of the global action plan.
Strategy document
11 Jan 2023
This action plan is the result of extensive collaboration and consultation with various stakeholders, including healthcare professionals, policymakers, civil society organizations, and the community. It outlines a strategic framework that will guide...
01 Jan 2023
This publication concentrates on unpublished accounts of what Eastern Mediterranean Region countries have done to address noncommunicable diseases and mental health issues, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is not to give a comple...
Article
13 Dec 2022
Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41 million deaths each year. That’s more than 70% of all deaths globally. Most of these deaths (77%) are in low-income and middle-income countries –...
Report
24 Oct 2022
Noncommunicable diseases cause nearly three quarters of deaths in the world. There are four major NCDs: cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease. Their drivers are social, environ...
Publication
01 Jun 2022
Background The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) cares for more than 271 000 Palestine refugees with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across the five fields of its operations (Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the...
