Report
12 Nov 2018
This report presents the results of analysis of population-level surveillance data on NCD risk factors from selected countries in the Region, namely, China, Fiji, Malaysia, Nauru and Philippines. The aim was to conduct comparable cross-country analys...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Nov 2018
This policy brief highlights the increasing exposure of children and adolescents to tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, and points out the education sector as having a fundamental responsibility to protect children’s health an...
Report
12 Nov 2018
This publication focuses on physical activity and how it can be supported through urban planning. The focus on physical activity is explained by the fact that inactivity today accounts for an increasing proportion of deaths and disability worldwide a...
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document provides Member States with the rationale and key strategic lines of action for comprehensive public health interventions to halt the progression of the obesity epidemic in children and adolescents.
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document presents the resolution to endorse the Strategy and approve the Plan of Action on Epilepsy and their implementation under the particular conditions of each country to provide an appropriate response to current and future needs.
Strategy document
17 Oct 2018
This document describes the experiences in our Hemisphere, expresses the commitment of the governments, and is compatible with the Global Action Program (mhGAP).
Dialogue
17 Oct 2018
This joint statement calls for the recognition of youth leadership´s role in the implementation of the Agenda for Sustainable Development and changing the production and consumption patterns of our societies.
Publication
17 Oct 2018
This thematic issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health is part of a continued collaboration between the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and PAHO/WHO
Report
17 Oct 2018
This report is based mainly on the findings of STEPwise surveys conducted since 2003, which provide prevalence data on the risk factors for NCDs in implementing countries.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This fact sheet presents an overview with key facts on physical activity, recommendations, and WHO response in the African Region.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on physical activity, the intensity of physical activity, and the levels of physical activity in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Fact sheet
17 Oct 2018
This information sheet provides answers to frequently asked questions on the roles of legislation and legal interventions in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases.
