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18 Oct 2020

The George Institute for Global Health

CONNECTing patients to better outcomes through digital technology

The George Institute for Global Health Digital health apps have the potential to improve health behaviours and outcomes, in an easy and sustainable way. The CONNECT trial aimed to examine the effectiveness of a consumer web-based app linked to primary care electronic health records (EHRs), to find out whether the app would positively impact patients with, or at risk of, cardiovascular disease....

18 Oct 2020

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18 Oct 2020

The George Institute for Global Health

Treatment abandonment in children with cancer: does a sex difference exist?

The George Institute for Global Health New research by The George Institute for Health has investigated sex‐disparities in the abandonment of childhood cancer treatment in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) and identified the characteristics of children and their families most disadvantaged by such abandonment. &nbsp;

18 Oct 2020

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18 Oct 2020

The George Institute for Global Health

Clinical trials are neglecting the interplay between COVID-19 and chronic diseases, analysis shows

The George Institute for Global Health People living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease and diabetes are more vulnerable to becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19, and yet of all the interventional clinical trials registered globally that relate to COVID-19, less than 4% focus on this high-risk group, an analysis by The George Institute has shown. Read more her...

18 Oct 2020

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13 Oct 2020

World Health Organization

WHO publishes guidance on climate resilient and environmentally sustainable health care facilities

As our climate changes, health systems and health care facilities come under mounting pressure, making it harder for health professionals to keep people healthy from increasingly severe climate impacts. New&nbsp;WHO guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities&nbsp;provides health professionals and health care facility managers with key tools and interve...

13 Oct 2020

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World Health Organization

WHO Guidance for Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Health Care Facilities

Publication

13 Oct 2020

The aim of this guidance is to enhance the capacity of health care facilities to protect and improve the health of their target communities in an unstable and changing climate; and to empower health care facilities to be environmentally sustainable,...

PublicationEnvironment, climate change and health

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09 Oct 2020

World Health Organization

Global challenge for movement on mental health kicks off as lack of investment in mental health leaves millions without access to services

A global social media challenge to get the world moving on mental health is launched today with a call for a massive scale-up in investment in mental health. Ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October, the World Health Organization, in collaboration with United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health, are encouraging people from all countries to support a global...

09 Oct 2020

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Worldwide Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance

Global Atlas of Palliative Care

Publication

07 Oct 2020

This second edition of the Global Atlas of Palliative Care updates the current situation of global palliative care development since the original version was published in 2014. A lot has happened in the intervening years including the passage of the...

PublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+5

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United Nations

UN General Assembly's Resolution 74/306

Strategy document

04 Oct 2020

United Nations General Assembly Seventy-fourth session Agenda items 14 and 120

Strategy documentCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+1

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02 Oct 2020

World Health Organization

Webinar HEARTS in the Americas new developments and resources

This webinar will provide more details about the new resources in HEARTS that aim to strengthen and provide global guidance for CVD risk reduction programs to prevent and control cardiovascular disease and its risk factors.

02 Oct 2020

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02 Oct 2020

Mental Health Conditions & NCDs in Build Back Better Response

NCD Hard Talks is a webinar series that aims to provide real experiences and lessons on how to strengthen health systems to respond to the needs of people living with NCDs. &nbsp;

02 Oct 2020

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02 Oct 2020

Primary Care International

Ensuring access to NCD services: spotlight on the key role of primary care

People living with chronic diseases – otherwise known as Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) – are at greater risk of becoming severely ill or dying from COVID-19. The confluence of these two pandemics – the ‘slow-motion pandemic of NCDs’ – has created a dangerous double burden of disease. &nbsp;

02 Oct 2020

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02 Oct 2020

World Health Organization

Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa

There is increasing evidence that Africans living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension and diabetes are more likely to suffer severe cases of COVID-19 and die. Read more here.

02 Oct 2020

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