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World Health Organization

Depressive disorder (depression)

Briefs & Fact Sheets

07 Dec 2023

Key facts Depression is a common mental disorder. Globally, an estimated 5% of adults suffer from depression. More women are affected by depression than men. Depression can lead to suicide. There is effective treatment for mild, moderat...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological Conditions

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World Health Organization

Global report on the use of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes, 2023

Report

05 Dec 2023

This report provides a global assessment of taxes applied to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). It describes and qualitatively compares their design and provides the first global estimation of standardized metrics to compare tax levels between countri...

ReportUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Global report on the use of alcohol taxes, 2023

Report

05 Dec 2023

This report provides an assessment of taxes applied to alcoholic beverages at the global level. It qualitatively compares their design and provides estimates of standardized metrics to compare tax levels between countries, for the first time at the g...

ReportHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcohol+1

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World Health Organization

WHO technical manual on alcohol tax policy and administration 

Guide

05 Dec 2023

The WHO technical manual on alcohol tax policy and administration&nbsp;is a practical guide and a call to action for policymakers and others involved in alcohol tax policymaking to develop strong policies considering each country's unique market stru...

GuideHarmful use of alcohol

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World Health Organization, GCM/NCD Secretariat

Engagement Strategy for GCM Participants. WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of NCDs (GCM/NCD).

Strategy document

24 Nov 2023

The WHO Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of NCDs (GCM/NCD) was established in 2014 by Member States at the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly after a two-year intergovernmental process. The GCM/NCD is led by Member States...

Strategy document
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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

GACD Implementation Science e-Hub

Database

18 Nov 2023

The GACD e-Hub is a comprehensive online learning space for knowledge and skill development in implementation research, with particular focus on chronic and non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income settings. It is an interactive online pla...

Database

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World Health Organization

Cervical cancer elimination day of action 2023: Advocacy toolkit

Briefs & Fact Sheets

17 Nov 2023

In this toolkit, find resources to support your advocacy efforts in championing the Global Strategy and the elimination of cervical cancer in your community.

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerHealth promotionSocial determinants of health+1

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NCD Alliance

Optimising the use of digital technologies for healthy societies and economies

Report

15 Nov 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic made even clearer the need to develop digital health services, forcing health systems to reorientate how they delivered services in a context of social distancing and enhanced infection control protocols that often limited physi...

ReportStrategy document

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World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Regional cervical cancer elimination strategy for the Eastern Mediterranean

Strategy document

14 Nov 2023

Despite being a preventable and curable disease, cervical cancer is responsible for a large burden of suffering in women around the world, especially in low- and middle-income countries. To uphold the right to health for adolescent girls and women, i...

Strategy documentCancer

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (‎COPD)

Publication

14 Nov 2023

This document is the&nbsp;eighth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries. This document is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This...

PublicationChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use

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World Health Organization

Working together for equity and healthier populations: sustainable multisectoral collaboration based on health in all policies approaches

Guide

13 Nov 2023

Governments across the globe are increasingly facing intersecting social, political, economic and environmental challenges. Among these are social inequalities that impact health dramatically. Health is created and destroyed by many different factors...

Guide

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World Health Organization

Tobacco and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (‎COPD)

Publication

12 Nov 2023

This document is the&nbsp;eighth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries. This document is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association between tobacco use and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesTobacco use+2

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