Database
03 Oct 2022
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – cause nearly three-quarters of deaths in the world. Their drivers are social, environmenta...
Publication
01 Jan 2022
Telehealth is a service that has been widely applied in many countries for decades now. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth services has increased substantially in many countries, becoming a basic need for the general population. ...
Report
22 Oct 2021
This report from the Lancet and Financial Times Commission on Governing health futures 2030: Growing up in a digital world summarises the findings of a 2020 U-Report poll on digital health. More than 23,000 children and youth shared how they use digi...
Publication
15 Sep 2021
Overview Health technologies, specially medical devices are essential for a functioning health system. The response to the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has exacerbated the need &...
26 Oct 2020
COVID-19 has highlighted how critical digital connectivity is to governments, businesses, and society, and has brought a newfound sense of urgency to the digital inclusion agenda. While the crisis has enabled hundreds of millions to participate onlin...
Strategy document
10 Aug 2020
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the main cause of death and disability worldwide. Effective management of these chronic conditions depends largely on continuous, responsive, accessible, and quality services and successful patient engagement and s...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Nov 2018
This policy brief summarises the key points from the review on the role of health technology assessment (HTA) in medicine pricing and reimbursement with a focus on its use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
26 Nov 2018
iSupport is an online training program to support caregivers of people living with dementia.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This action plan provides a roadmap of policies and interventions to realize SDG 3.4 to reduce premature NCD deaths, target 3.8 to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), and target 3.b to support the research and development of vaccines and medicin...
Guide
17 Oct 2018
The mBreatheFreely handbook provides guidance for country governments and policymakers to develop, implement, and evaluate an mBreatheFreely programme for the prevention and control of asthma and COPD.
Guide
17 Oct 2018
Handbook providing guidance for national programmes and organizations responsible for the care of older persons to develop implement, monitor, and evaluate an mAgeing programme using mobile health technology.
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report describes a model of health care that could deliver integrated management of NCDs within the context of primary health care (PHC), and provides practical guidance for health care program managers, policy-makers, and stakeholders on how to...
