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17 Oct 2018
This document presents an initial proposal for 10 priority areas for action, which cover 37 strategic interventions to help prevent overweight, obesity and diabetes in the whole population in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, including children, adol...
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17 Oct 2018
This report presents research evidence on the effectiveness of large pictorial warnings on tobacco product packaging. It is intended to assist policy-makers and key stakeholders in adopting strong, evidence-based tobacco product packaging and labelli...
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17 Oct 2018
This regional report of the 2015 country capacity survey offers an overview of the current capacities of the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region to respond to noncommunicable diseases, particularly in the four key areas of governance, preve...
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17 Oct 2018
This report provides a situational analysis of the progress made in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in implementing the WHO recommendations and identifies issues Member States need to consider when adopting policies intended to restrict the marketin...
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17 Oct 2018
The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual snapshot of the state of the world’s health. This 2018 edition contains the latest available data for 36 health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators.
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17 Oct 2018
Governments should aim to move towards a predominant reliance on public funding for health, as evidence shows this increases access to health services and improves financial protection for the population. This is a key message in a new policy brief a...
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17 Oct 2018
The World health report: research for universal health coverage focuses on the importance of research in advancing progress towards universal health coverage. In addition, it identifies the benefits of increased investment in health research by low a...
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17 Oct 2018
This document, adopted by the General Assembly on 12 April 2018, presents the scope, modalities, format and organization of the third high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases.
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17 Oct 2018
The 2016 conference showcased how the public health community will support the implementation of the Paris agreement, in order to build healthier and more sustainable societies.
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17 Oct 2018
This paper provides evidence which supports the message that all countries can make progress towards UHC, including those with very low levels of public spending on health (<40 $ per capita).
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17 Oct 2018
Report on the technical consultation, which brought together adolescent health experts from within WHO, other UN organizations and others, and aimed to reach consensus on a core list of indicators for measuring and reporting on adolescent health, and...
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17 Oct 2018
This joint WHO/World Bank Group report is the first of its kind to measure health service coverage and financial protection to assess countries’ progress towards universal health coverage.
