14 Oct 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed an increasingly connected world that is recognising the vital importance of physical activity (PA) for mental and physical health. It has exposed vulnerabilities and inequities in opportunities for communities and p...
Report
23 Sep 2021
With this report, we explore this diagnosis journey through the lens of those living with dementia and carers, clinicians, researchers and academics, and Alzheimer and dementia associations, as well as what can and must be improved. For more, clic...
Guide
22 Sep 2021
The WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines set the levels of air quality for a number of pollutants to be achieved everywhere in order to significantly reduce the adverse health effects of pollution. They also include interim targets which are incremental...
Strategy document
21 Sep 2021
This updated comprehensive action plan for mental health, endorsed by the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly in its decision WHA74(14), builds on its predecessor, the Comprehensive Action Plan for Mental Health 2013–2020, while presenting revised...
Publication
15 Sep 2021
With a theme of ‘Safe food now for a heathy tomorrow’, World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021) focused on the immediate and long-term benefits of producing and consuming safe food. It was a day to remember that food safety is part of food security an...
Report
15 Sep 2021
Overview Halfway into the implementation of the Global dementia action plan, the Global status report on the public health response to dementia takes stock of actions driven by Member States, WHO and civil society since the adoption of the globa...
Guide
17 Jun 2021
Governments and communities can contribute to suicide prevention by implementing LIVE LIFE – WHO’s approach to starting suicide prevention so that countries can build on it further to develop a comprehensive national suicide prevention strategy....
Guide
26 May 2021
A set of publications that provides information and support to all stakeholders who wish to develop or transform their mental health system and services to align with international human rights standards including the UN Convention on the Rights of P...
Article
24 May 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 24, 2021 – Our vision of a world without tobacco deaths is materializing. Today, ASH released an open letter calling on governments around the world to not only envision ending the tobacco epidemic but put in place concrete p...
Report
19 May 2021
The report by United for Global Mental Health – Decriminalising Suicide: Saving Lives, Reducing Stigma - is produced with the support of Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw programme and an international law firm who led and conducted the...
Fact sheet
24 Apr 2021
This summary provides recommendations to help sporting clubs, leagues and associations to select a provider offering safe and effective programs. Click Access, for more info.
