International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
Critical Actions for Mental Health Promotion
Publication
28 Nov 2024
This Position Statement was prepared on behalf of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Mental Health Promotion
Publication
28 Nov 2024
This Position Statement was prepared on behalf of the IUHPE Global Working Group on Mental Health Promotion
Article
22 Nov 2024
Advocacy for people using health and social care services is widely promoted but its theoretical foundation is under-developed and its impact poorly conceptualised. This paper explores the liberatory potential of in- dependent advocacy, using Fricker...
Publication
20 Nov 2024
Social participation is increasingly acknowledged as essential to making health policies that respond to people’s experiences, expectations and needs, and as a key driver of equitable, inclusive and responsive health systems. This policy brief offe...
Report
05 Nov 2024
By 2030, 1.4 billion people will be aged 60 and over. Yet the majority of health and care systems worldwide remain unprepared for population ageing and associated rises in rates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and disabilities. This is particularly...
Report
31 Oct 2024
This report presents the experiences of 20 cities who were involved in the development of monitoring guidance to address noncommunicable diseases and injuries. These issues are two major health challenges facing cities around the world. WHO has devel...
Report
30 Oct 2024
UICC’s Breast Cancer Advocacy handbook aims to guide and inspire cancer organisations and advocates in mobilising governments and institutions to prioritise breast cancer in national funding and policy agendas, driving progress to reduce the nation...
Report
25 Oct 2024
Policy brief by Centre of Excellence for CRVS and Le Centre D'Excellence describing how civil record-keeping disproportionately excludes women and girls, and how women can be instrumental in correcting this problem.
Briefs & Fact Sheets
22 Oct 2024
Unhealthy diets are a major driver of noncommunicable diseases. In particular, ultra-processed foods, which contain high levels of sugars, sodium, saturated fats, and refined carbohydrates, contribute significantly to the incidence of NCDs such as ob...
Database
07 Oct 2024
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is joined by ASH Canada, the Coalition for Americas’ Health (CLAS), and the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) in reporting to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Wo...
Publication
20 Aug 2024
To scale up noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health country action, funding was provided to the Secretariat of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Controls of NCDs by the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnership for acti...
Publication
14 Aug 2024
This report highlights the substantial impact of commercial determinants on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the WHO European Region. Nearly 7500 deaths per day in the Region are attributed to commercial determinants, such as tobacco, alcohol...
Report
05 Jul 2024
This meeting report summarizes a two-day technical meeting that was hosted by the World Health Organization’s Global NCD Platform and the Global Coordination Mechanism on NCDs on implementing multisectoral and multistakeholder collaborati...