Publication
18 Feb 2020
Background More than 5.5 million Syrian refugees have fled violence and settled in mostly urban environments in neighboring countries. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region accounts for 6% of the global population but 25% of the populatio...
Publication
15 Feb 2020
It is indisputable that adequate and appropriate nutrition is fundamental to the health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents, including those with cancer. Nutrition has a role in most of the accepted components of the cancer...
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
10 Feb 2020
The Events Guide includes: -inspiration for your activities -tips on planning and kicking-off your World Kidney Day event - further guidance on how to use World Kidney Day campaign resources. -showcases a WKD team local activity to give you additiona...
Guide
10 Feb 2020
The General toolkit includes: -a short description of World Kidney Day -a text explaining the 2020 focus “Kidney Health for Everyone Everywhere – from Prevention to Detection and Equitable Access to Care” and some key messages -tips and ideas o...
Report
10 Feb 2020
This publication showcases the Policy Forum series, providing highlights and main conclusions. Readers are encouraged to use the brochure in local contexts for their own advocacy purposes. For example, readers may want to use the 12 recommendations a...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
10 Feb 2020
Policy Brief on Kidney Diseases written by the ISN on the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on UHC
Briefs & Fact Sheets
10 Feb 2020
Kidney disease is a high priority NCD which now requires urgent consideration by political leaders. As the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda progresses and provides a platform for raising awareness of NCD health care and monitoring needs, ta...
Report
06 Feb 2020
The report focuses on prevention and offers the most comprehensive overview of relevant research avaliable to date, ranging from descriptive etiology, cellular and molecular biology, toxicology and pathology through to behavioural and social sciences...
