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15 Sep 2021
With a theme of ‘Safe food now for a heathy tomorrow’, World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021) focused on the immediate and long-term benefits of producing and consuming safe food. It was a day to remember that food safety is part of food security an...
15 Sep 2021
On 7 September 2021 WHO and FAO jointly released the annual World Food Safety Day report highlighting around 300 different events organized around the world on the occasion of World Food Safety Day (7 June 2021). Celebrations were held in 90 countries by international organizations, governments, businesses, non-governmental organizations, academics and individuals. Click Access for mo...
15 Sep 2021
15 Sep 2021
Only a quarter of countries worldwide have a national policy, strategy or plan for supporting people with dementia and their families, according to the WHO’s ‘Global status report on the public health response to dementia’, released today. Half of these countries are in WHO’s European Region, with the remainder split between the other Regions. Yet even in Europe, many plans are expiring or...
15 Sep 2021
Report
15 Sep 2021
Overview Halfway into the implementation of the Global dementia action plan, the Global status report on the public health response to dementia takes stock of actions driven by Member States, WHO and civil society since the adoption of the globa...
Publication
15 Sep 2021
Overview Health technologies, specially medical devices are essential for a functioning health system. The response to the global COVID-19 pandemic crisis has exacerbated the need &...
15 Sep 2021
To ensure that all countries benefit from health innovation, WHO has compiled a compendium of 24 new technologies that can be used in low-resource settings. The compendium’s main objective was to select and assess technologies that can have an immediate and future impact on COVID-19 preparedness and response, potentially improve health outcomes and quality of life, and/or offer a solution to...
15 Sep 2021
Publication
15 Sep 2021
The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available WHO and other United Nations (UN) guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments. It provides an overview and easy access of 500 actions, and a framework for thinking about h...
25 Aug 2021
In Chile, more people die from cardiovascular disease than from any other cause. More than a quarter of all deaths every year – around 30 000 in total – are due to the disease. Hypertension – also known as high blood pressure – is a serious medical condition and a key risk factor for cardiovascular disease. People living with hypertension have persistently raised pressure in their...
25 Aug 2021
15 Aug 2021
Over the last thirty years, there has been increasing recognition of the need to better understand how lifestyle – including factors related to diet, nutrition and physical activity – can influence the risk of cancer, its treatment and survival. Although there has been more and more research in this area, those in the cancer world are not necessarily familiar with the role of nut...
15 Aug 2021
Publication
07 Aug 2021
With an endorsement from the WHO Director General and available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, this handbook builds on the earlier volume and helps churches to move from knowledge to action. Steering away from technical jargon, it provid...
Publication
29 Jul 2021
This handbook supports the Practice Transformation Programme on Diabetes. It presents an overview of diabetes and describes the various services pharmacists can provide aiming at disease prevention, screening, disease state management and treatment o...
28 Jul 2021
Background Policies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic have disrupted the screening, diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of noncommunicable (NCD) patients while affecting NCD prevention and risk factor control. Aims To discuss how the first wa...
