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27 May 2024

World Health Organization

Strategic Initiative for a Healthy and Sustainable Food Environment - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

An unhealthy diet is a major risk factor for noncommunicable diseases, and excess sodium intake is a particular problem in Japan. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, in cooperation with the Consumer Affairs Agency, an external organ of the Cabinet Office, and the Ministry of the Environment, launched the Strategic Initiative for a Healthy and Sustainable Food Environment, a multis...

27 May 2024

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27 May 2024

World Health Organization

National Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs and Related Risk Factors - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

The Islamic Republic of Iran developed and implemented a set of multisectoral actions‎ for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The Supreme Council for Health and Food Security, led by the President, has been the key body fostering health in all policies and enhancing multisectoral actions in the country. The National NCD Committee, established within the Ministry of He...

27 May 2024

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27 May 2024

World Health Organization

Embedding multisectoral action into the development of the mental health strategy in Colombia - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

In 2020, the Colombian Department for National Planning released the Strategy for the Promotion of Mental Health in Colombia. A main goal of the strategy is to promote multisectoral collaboration in implementation of actions to address mental health and substance use. The strategy proposes actions to improve cooperation among national and local entities by aligning the agendas of government agenci...

27 May 2024

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27 May 2024

World Health Organization

Collaborating mechanisms promoting health and preventing noncommunicable diseases: the Finnish experience - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

The Advisory Board for Public Health supports the implementation of multisectoral measures to develop well-being, health and safety in different sectors of society, including outside the health care and social welfare sector. The members of the Advisory Board come from various administrative branches representing different ministries, regional state administrative agencies, towns and cities, nongo...

27 May 2024

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27 May 2024

World Health Organization

Supporting the National Tobacco Prevention and Control Programme: work of the National Tobacco Control Coordination Committee - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

The Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) formed the multisectoral National Tobacco Control Coordination Committee in 2015, which includes all relevant government sectors, civil society, academia and the private sector, such as the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute. The objective of the Coordinating Committee is to coordinate implementation of the...

27 May 2024

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27 May 2024

World Health Organization

Healthy Tasmania Strategy for Preventive Health and the Premier’s Health and Wellbeing Advisory Council - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

The Tasmanian Government released the Healthy Tasmania Strategy for Preventive Health and established the Premier’s Health and Wellbeing Advisory Council in 2016 which include strategies to strengthen multisectoral action for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in Tasmania. Enablers of multisectoral action included the authorizing environment provided by government and community leadershi...

27 May 2024

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27 May 2024

World Health Organization

Launch of the Compendium report on multisectoral actions for the prevention and control of NCDs and mental health conditions

Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions continue to pose one of today’s most critical public health and equity challenges. As their risk factors and determinants span far beyond the traditional health sector, a multisectoral, coherent, and well-coordinated response is critical. The World Health Organizations’ (WHO) Compendium report on multisectoral actions documents key l...

27 May 2024

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World Diabetes Foundation, Annals of Global Health

National NonCommunicable Diseases Conferences- A Platform to Inform Policies and Practices in Tanzania

Article

27 May 2024

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arise from diverse risk factors with differences in the contexts and variabilities in regions and countries. Addressing such a complex challenge requires local evidence. Tanzania has been convening stakeholders every...

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Global strategy and action plan on oral health 2023-2030

Publication

26 May 2024

This document incorporates all key policy documents that inform and define the renewed global oral health agenda towards 2030:- the resolution on oral health (WHA74.5, 2021)- the Global strategy on oral health (WHA75 (11), 2022)- the Global oral heal...

PublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingUnhealthy diets

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24 May 2024

World Health Organization

Brazil's national strategy to prevent childhood obesity and to promote healthier cities (Proteja) - WHO Compendium Report on Multisectoral Action

The Brazilian Strategy to Prevent and Care for Childhood Obesity (Proteja) encompasses a comprehensive selection of 61 predefined multisectoral actions to address childhood obesity. This case study describes how multisectoral action enhanced the implementation of Proteja at the municipal level. The municipality leads implementation of multisectoral actions based on a multisectoral municipal act...

24 May 2024

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Fact sheet: What is thrombosis?

Fact sheet

24 May 2024

Summary: Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot (thrombus) inside a blood vessel, which can obstruct blood flow. This condition can occur in both arteries and veins and can lead to serious health complications if not treated promptly. Common...

Fact sheetHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotion

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Fact sheet: What is hemostasis?

Fact sheet

24 May 2024

Summary: Hemostasis is the physiological process that stops bleeding, involving a complex interplay of platelets, blood vessels, and coagulation factors to form a blood clot at the site of injury, ultimately maintaining vascular integrity and prev...

Fact sheetHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth promotion

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