Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Around 2.3 billion people worldwide (around a third of the global population) cook using open fires or inefficient stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal, which generates harmful household air...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of 200 known viruses. They do not cause concerns in most people, but infection with some high-risk types is common and can cause genital warts or cancer. In 90% of people the body co...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Commercial determinants of health are the private sector activities that affect people’s health, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively. The private sector influences the social, physical and cultural environments throug...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.23 million deaths in 2019. Nearly 90% of COPD deaths in those under 70 years of age occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMI...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally with around 660 000 new cases and around 350 000 deaths in 2022. The highest rates of cervical cancer incidence and mortality are in low- and middle-income countries...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key facts Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes undernutrition (wasting, stunting, underweight), inadequate vitamins or minerals, overweight, obesity, and resulting diet-related noncommunicable diseases. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults were ov...
Report
07 Mar 2024
Delve into “Financing Mental Health: the current situation and ways forward” that examines the critical need for immediate and sustained investment in mental health worldwide. Key findings from the report include: The global annual...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
07 Mar 2024
Key Facts: Over 1.5 million adolescents and young adults aged 10–24 years died in 2021, about 4500 every day. Young adolescents aged 10–14 years have the lowest risk of death among all age groups. Injuries (including road traffic injuri...
Publication
07 Mar 2024
Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide and the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. The Global Breast Cancer Initiative strives to reduce breast cancer mortality by 2.5%...
Fact sheet
06 Mar 2024
Much is known about the tactics corporate actors use to influence government policy and regulation and to increase their sales and profits. Less is known about how to counter these corporate tactics. This infographic provides an overview of strategie...
Guide
06 Mar 2024
This practical guide aims to support community advocacy on NCDs, translating into practice the concept of health equity.
Publication
05 Mar 2024
Therapeutic patient education is a structured person-centred learning process that supports individuals living with chronic conditions to self-manage their own health by drawing on their own resources, supported by their carers and families. It is ca...
