World Health Organization
WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023: protect people from tobacco smoke
Report
20 Oct 2023
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Report
20 Oct 2023
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Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Oct 2023
Key facts By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over. Loneliness and social isolation are key risk ...
19 Oct 2023
FIRS and the American College of Cardiology offer a free NCD Academy course on Chronic Respiratory Diseases. Learn the skills to prevent, diagn...
Report
11 Oct 2023
Commercial marketing threatens human rights and is a major factor behind the global rise of NCDs – which cause 41 million deaths annually (74% of global mo...
Article
10 Oct 2023
The World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) 2013–2020 (NCD-GAP), ...
Guide
09 Oct 2023
Laws on mental health often fail to address discrimination and human rights violations including in mental health care settings. In order to support countrie...
Publication
09 Oct 2023
One in seven people suffers from migraines, including ...
Declaration
09 Oct 2023
This NCD Civil Society Response in Support of the 2023 Bridgetown Declaration provides key messages and follow-up recommendations by the Healthy Caribbean ...
Report
09 Oct 2023
Key messages The integration of HIV and NCD services can deliver wider health impacts than standalone disease-specific care, i...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Oct 2023
Key facts Breast cancer caused 685 000 deaths globally in 2020. Roughly half of all breast cancers occur in w...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Oct 2023
Key facts Asthma is a major noncommunicable disease (NCD), affecting both children and adults, and is the most common ch...
Article
05 Oct 2023
Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasing among people living with HIV (PLHIV), especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We deter...