World Health Organization
Information Note on COVID-19 and NCDs
Fact sheet
23 Mar 2020
WHO Information Note on COVID-19 and NCDs. The note will be updated periodically as more data becomes available.
Fact sheet
23 Mar 2020
WHO Information Note on COVID-19 and NCDs. The note will be updated periodically as more data becomes available.
Guide
18 Mar 2020
As new COVID-19 cases continue to emerge in the WHO European Region, many healthy individuals are being requested to stay at home in self-quarantine. In some countries, fitness centres and other locations where individuals are normally active, will r...
Guide
18 Mar 2020
A guide to preventing and addressing social stigma for governments, media and local organisations working on the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Article
18 Mar 2020
The World Heath Organization published 6 mental health and psychosocial support coping strategies to help children to deal with the stress which may arise as a result of the 2019-nCoV outbreak.
Article
18 Mar 2020
The World Heath Organization published 6 mental health and psychosocial support coping strategies to deal with the stress which may arise as a result of the 2019-nCoV outbreak.
Article
18 Mar 2020
In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO stated there is a high risk of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreading to o...
Guide
12 Feb 2020
The Toolkit provides background on the concept of accountability to the NCD civil society community, and resources to support civil society monitoring initiatives. The 2020 Toolkit is an update from a previous version from 2013, which included a benc...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
12 Feb 2020
The policy brief highlights the gaps in the first decade of the NCD response and what is lacking to reach the global targets for NCD reduction. The policy brief also underscores barriers to progress according to the NCD Alliance's global network of p...
Report
12 Feb 2020
WHO Independent High-level Comission on NCDs was established in 2017 to advise Dr. Tedros on ways to transform new opportunities to progress towards SDG target 3.4. The final report includes 8 recommendations on how to take action to best e...
Report
12 Feb 2020
WHO NCD Progress Monitor 2020 describes the achievements made by Member States on 10 indicators for NCDs. Within the report, country profiles include data on the population, percentage and number of deaths from NCDs, and the risk of premature death f...
Guide
12 Dec 2019
The India Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs has been developed as a result of the Community Conversations and Regional Consultations, involving voices of people with lived experiences, conducted between 2017-2018. The development of this Adv...
Fact sheet
18 Nov 2019
Health taxes: a primer summarizes the evidence on the health and economic impact of health taxes (those imposed on products with a negative public health impact like tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages and fossil fuels). These taxes result in...