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World Health Organization

WHO Technical specifications for automated non-invasive blood pressure measuring devices with cuff

Report

27 Apr 2020

The document updates WHO’s 2005 guidance on blood pressure measuring devices (BPMDs). It also responds to concern about the lack of accurate, good-quality ...

Report Primary health care Harmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

HEARTS D: diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes

Guide

27 Apr 2020

This new HEARTS – D module on Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes complements and expands the diabetes section of the HEARTS Technical Package deve...

Guide Diabetes Health system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care Harmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Addressing noncommunicable diseases in the COVID-19 response

Guide

22 Apr 2020

People with underlying noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and cancer have a ...

Guide Communicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

Alcohol and COVID-19: what you need to know

Fact sheet

22 Apr 2020

Facing the COVID-19 (new coronavirus disease) pandemic, the countries of the world must take decisive action to stop the spread of the virus. In these critic...

Fact sheet Communicable diseases Harmful use of alcohol

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World Health Organization

Strategic preparedness and response plan for the new coronavirus

Strategy document

16 Apr 2020

This strategic preparedness and response plan outlines the public health measures that the international community stands ready to provide to support all cou...

Strategy document Communicable diseasesEmergency preparedness, prevention and response

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World Health Organization

Food and nutrition tips during self-quarantine

Guide

27 Mar 2020

Note: This guidance is aimed at individuals and families in contexts where self-quarantine and isolation have been recommended or required. As coun...

Guide Communicable diseasesNutrition and food safety Unhealthy diets

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World Health Organization

Country & Technical Guidance - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Database

24 Mar 2020

A central database of&nbsp;Country &amp; Technical Guidance on&nbsp;Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the World Health Organization. Please note that this ...

Database Communicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care

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World Health Organization

Information Note on COVID-19 and NCDs

Fact sheet

23 Mar 2020

WHO Information Note on COVID-19 and NCDs.&nbsp;The note will be updated periodically as more data becomes available. ...

Fact sheet CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Communicable diseases Harmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets
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Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)

Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) Learning Platform

Database

23 Mar 2020

Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) has an interactive learning platform that allows users to&nbsp;&nbsp;acquire knowledge on&nbsp;all PVRI related ...

Database Chronic Respiratory Diseases Household and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco use

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British Heart Foundation

Coronavirus: what it means for you if you have heart or circulatory disease

Article

20 Mar 2020

Our medical experts help explain what we know so far about the Covid-19 coronavirus and how it can affect people with heart disease. Are people with heart an...

Article Cardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory Diseases Communicable diseases

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World Health Organization

Stay physically active during self-quarantine

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...

Guide CancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions Communicable diseases Physical inactivity

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IFRC, UNICEF, WHO

Social Stigma associated with COVID-19

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). ...

Guide Mental Health and Neurological Conditions Communicable diseasesSocial determinants of health

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