Briefs & Fact Sheets
21 Jan 2025
A briefing paper by the NCD Alliance highlighting barriers and opportunities for improving access to essential medicines and technologies for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It outlines key challenges such as availability, affordability, and equita...
21 Jan 2025
Hundreds of millions with NCDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are dying prematurely or suffering life threatening complications because they cannot access affordable and essential NCD medicines and technologies. Many of these lifesaving...
21 Jan 2025
In the world of healthcare, staying well-informed is crucial. This is why the Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) has recently launched the TIF AI Knowledge Bot, a pioneering tool that integrates the power of AI technology with TIF’s extens...
Report
20 Jan 2025
The preparatory process for the fourth High-level Meeting on NCDs aims to address gaps and identify solutions to accelerate progress towards achieving SDG target 3.4 on NCDs and mental health by 2030 (to reduce by one third premature mortality from N...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
19 Jan 2025
The UN High-Level Meeting (HLM) on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health in September 2025 marks a pivotal moment to prioritise mental health on the global stage. Mental health is now a central focus of a UN HLM agenda providing a unique...
Guide
14 Jan 2025
An estimated 1.3 billion people globally experience significant disability. This figure has grown over the last decade and will continue to rise due to demographic and epidemiological changes. In 2022, the World Health Organization launched the Globa...
Case study
03 Jan 2025
THE NEW WORLD CANCER DAY THEME 2025-2027 “UNITED BY UNIQUE” PLACES PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF CARE AND THEIR STORIES AT THE HEART OF THE CONVERSATION. Cancer is more than just a medical diagnosis — it’s a deeply personal matter. Behind...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
02 Jan 2025
This policy brief sets out pragmatic, evidence-based interventions to prevent stroke at population, healthcare system, and individual levels. It highlights cost-effective policies, risk factor management, and multisectoral strategies to support gover...
Article
01 Jan 2025
The report assesses global palliative care using 14 WHO indicators to identify health system strengths and weaknesses at the country level. Pilot projects in Benin, Morocco, and Uruguay and a’Do-it-yourself’ approach offer valuable insights and a...
Article
19 Dec 2024
In this episode of Let’s Talk Cancer, discover a series of short, 5mn branded films produced for UICC by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, entitled 'Rewriting Cancer'. This initiative highlights people’s experiences with cancer around the wo...
Article
17 Dec 2024
In this episode, we’re looking ahead to UHC Day, on 12 December. The 2024 theme is Health: it’s on the government! UHC of course stands for Universal Health Coverage, and today we’re talking about financing for UHC and its relationship to...
Report
16 Dec 2024
In response to calls from Member States for evidence-based guidance, WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean conducted a comprehensive situation analysis and investment case on the impact of women’s cancers on health systems and econo...
