Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
The policy brief of the consortium scaling up up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia describes the work done in Vietnam. Community organisations were strengthened to perform screening of NCD risk factors, to organise health promotion activities. Staf...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
This policy brief by the consortium scaling-up NCD interventions in Southeast Asia provides an overview of the situation for prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Vietnam, Indonesia and Myanmar. It provides key...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
Policy brief by the consortium scaling-up non-communicable diseases interventions in Southeast Asia. The document shares lessons learned from scaling up activities with regard to health promotion, screening and early detection of NCDs. It emphasises...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
25 Oct 2023
Policy brief of the research project Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia. This policy brief describes comprehensive actions to improve community-based healthcare and primary healthcare, to improve screening, early diagnosis and treatment o...
25 Oct 2023
The WHO Global NCD Platform in collaboration with partners is scaling up action to stimulate demand for locally focused research to address context-specific problems and propose action-oriented solutions to addressing NCDs and mental health challenges. At the same time, the initiative provides young people with a platform and the means to showcase their innovative and creative thinking in this imp...
25 Oct 2023
Report
23 Oct 2023
The WHO Project on Improving the Quality of Hospital Care to Reduce Maternal, Newborn and Child Deaths and Accelerate the Achievement of the SDG Health Targets aims to institutionalize and scale up the quality-of-care improvement mechanisms to reduce...
Report
23 Oct 2023
The WHO Project on Improving the Quality of Hospital Care to Reduce Maternal, Newborn and Child Deaths and Accelerate the Achievement of the SDG Health Targets aims to institutionalize and scale up the quality-of-care improvement mechanisms to reduce...
Report
23 Oct 2023
The WHO Project on Improving the Quality of Hospital Care to Reduce Maternal, Newborn and Child Deaths and Accelerate the Achievement of the SDG Health Targets aims to institutionalize and scale up the quality-of-care improvement mechanisms to reduce...
Report
23 Oct 2023
The WHO Project on Improving the Quality of Hospital Care to Reduce Maternal, Newborn and Child Deaths and Accelerate the Achievement of the SDG Health Targets aims to institutionalize and scale up the quality-of-care improvement mechanisms to reduce...
23 Oct 2023
Vanuatu’s 2017 National Oral Health Survey revealed that five- to seven-year-old children had a high prevalence of tooth decay (70%), bleeding gums (77%) and toothache (10%) in their primary teeth which had a negative impact on their physical, mental and social well-being. Forty percent of the children rarely or never brushed their teeth. In response to excessive sugar consumption and inadequate...
23 Oct 2023
23 Oct 2023
Tobacco consumption is a major public health concern in Sierra Leone, with 18% of men and 3% of women aged between 15 and 49 years estimated to be tobacco users 1. Despite awareness of the negative health impacts of tobacco, smoking remains prevalent and causes over 3300 deaths in the country annually 2. To mitigate the harm caused by tobacco use, the Government of Sierra Leone collaborated with t...
23 Oct 2023
