WHO Regional Office for Africa
Assessment of breast cancer control capacities in the WHO African Region in 2022
04 Mar 2024
Assessment of breast cancer control capacities in the WHO African Region in 2022.
04 Mar 2024
Assessment of breast cancer control capacities in the WHO African Region in 2022.
Publication
12 Feb 2024
The World Heart Federation policy brief, More People, More Active, More Often for Heart Health - Taking Action on Physical Activity, highlights the critical role of physical activity in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease. Th...
Guide
30 Jan 2024
The Chronic Urticaria Patient Charter Summary is a one-page condensed version of the broader CU Patient Charter developed in 2023 by a collaborative group of people living with chronic urticaria, patient advocates, healthcare providers, and industry...
Publication
03 Jan 2024
WHO has been supporting EMR Member States in their efforts to achieve nutrition-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the global and regional nutrition targets. Some progress has been made, and more technical support is needed to accelerat...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The SUNI-SEA NCD Self-Care Application, developed by HelpAge International Myanmar under the SUNI-SEAproject, presents an opportunity to address the challenge of reaching people in need under constrained service delivery conditions. The app...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The consortium Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia developed an operational and simple screening algorithm to identify people with NCD-risk factors to be used in community-based programmes. This brief explains the experiences wi...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The policy brief of the consortium scaling up up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia describes the work done in Vietnam. Community organisations were strengthened to perform screening of NCD risk factors, to organise health promotion activities. Staf...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
This policy brief by the consortium scaling-up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia provides an overview of the situation for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar. It provides key...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
Policy brief by the consortium scaling-up non-communicable diseases interventions in Southeast Asia. The document shares lessons learned from scaling up activities with regard to health promotion, screening and early detection of NCDs. It emphasises...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
Policy brief of the research project Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia. This policy brief describes comprehensive actions to improve community-based healthcare and primary healthcare, to improve screening, early diagnosis and treatment o...
Report
11 Oct 2023
Commercial marketing threatens human rights and is a major factor behind the global rise of NCDs – which cause 41 million deaths annually (74% of global mortality), with rising rates among children and young people in countries of all resource leve...
Guide
15 Aug 2023
This guide has been developed as part of the World Health Organization's Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer, known as "Cure All Americas," with the primary purpose of alleviating the challenges faced by pediatric oncology patients. Its mission is...