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20 Feb 2019

World Health Organization

Countries are spending more on health, but people are still paying too much out of their own pockets

Spending on health is growing faster than the rest of the global economy, accounting for 10% of global gross domestic product (GDP). A new report on global health expenditure from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals a swift upward trajectory of global health spending, which is particularly noticeable in low- and middle-income countries where health spending is growing on average 6% annuall...

20 Feb 2019

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12 Feb 2019

World Health Organization

New WHO-ITU standard aims to prevent hearing loss among 1.1 billion young people

Nearly 50% of people aged 12-35 years – or 1.1 billion young people – are at risk of hearing loss due to prolonged and excessive exposure to loud sounds, including music they listen to through personal audio devices. Ahead of World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) have issued a new international standard for the manu...

12 Feb 2019

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31 Jan 2019

World Health Organization

Ten threats to global health in 2019

The world is facing multiple health challenges. These range from outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, increasing reports of drug-resistant pathogens, growing rates of obesity and physical inactivity to the&nbsp; health impacts of environmental pollution and climate change and multiple humanitarian crises. Read more here.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

31 Jan 2019

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14 Jan 2019

World Health Organization

Health literacy as a lever to prevent and control NCDs – workshop in Portugal

WHO/Europe and a group of Member States have organized a workshop for developing, implementing and evaluating health literacy initiatives across the WHO European Region to support the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In Europe, countries are being called upon to scale up their efforts to build and support health literacy. The Region is now well on its way to achieving...

14 Jan 2019

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09 Jan 2019

World Health Organization

New e-learning platform focusing on nutrition knowledge launched by WHO and from UN sister agencies.

In order to alleviate the massive global burden of suffering and unfulfilled potential resulting from all forms of malnutrition, Member States of the United Nations proclaimed the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) in 2016 through UN General Assembly Resolution 70/259. Nutrition is firmly embedded in the 2030 Agenda through SDG 2 (End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition...

09 Jan 2019

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12 Dec 2018

World Health Organization

Health benefits far outweigh the costs of meeting climate change goals

Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement could save about a million lives a year worldwide by 2050 through reductions in air pollution alone. The latest estimates from leading experts also indicate that the value of health gains from climate action would be approximately double the cost of mitigation policies at global level, and the benefit-to-cost ratio is even higher in countries such as China...

12 Dec 2018

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12 Dec 2018

World Health Organization

New WHO report highlights insufficient progress to tackle lack of safety on the world's roads

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates road traffic deaths continue to rise, with an annual 1.35 million fatalities. The WHO Global status report on road safety 2018 highlights that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of children and young people aged 5-29 years.&nbsp; Read the full article here.

12 Dec 2018

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28 Nov 2018

World Health Organization

GCM/NCD launches new Community of Practice on NCDs and Commercial Determinants of Health

The WHO GCM/NCD has launched a new Community of Practice on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH). These virtual discussions bring together experts to develop knowledge, share best practices and country case studies on the focused thematic area of NCD prevention and control. Read more here.

28 Nov 2018

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21 Nov 2018

World Health Organization

Join us for a Zero Hunger future

21 Nov 2018

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21 Nov 2018

World Health Organization

Using evidence to inform nutrition policies - eLENA

21 Nov 2018

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21 Nov 2018

World Health Organization

UN General Assembly High-level Meeting on NCDs, 2018: Statement by President Vázquez of Uruguay

21 Nov 2018

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11 Nov 2018

World Health Organization

The General Meeting of the WHO GCM/NCD Summary

The General Meeting of the Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (GCM/NCD) provided an opportunity for the GCM/NCD Participants, including all Member States, UN Agencies, funds, programmes and organizations, as well as non-State actors (NGOs, academic institutions, philanthropic foundations and business associations) “to meet face-to-face to faci...

11 Nov 2018

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