Communicating country-level impact, evidence, and lessons on NCD prevention and control
27 Sep 2023
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World Health Organization
Anxiety disorders
Briefs & Fact Sheets
27 Sep 2023
Key facts Anxiety disorders are the world’s most common mental disorders, affecting 301 million people in 2019. More women are affected by anxiety disorders than men. Symptoms of anxiety often have onset during childhood or adolescence....
NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation
Integrating health financing to achieve UHC and NCD SDG targets.
Report
23 Sep 2023
On 19 September 2023, a high-level roundtable titled "Integrating Health Financing to Achieve UHC and NCD SDG Targets" took place, serving as a parallel event to the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly. Hosted by Access Accelerated, NCD Alliance,...
23 Sep 2023
World Health Organization
Feminist, rights-based solutions to address NCDs: Meaningful and active participation of women and girls in health planning, programming, and monitoring.
Towards a global call-to-action to close the gender health gap At the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 67) in March 2023, global leaders, researchers, and advocates highlighted the disproportionate burden of NCD and associated risk factors and persistent gaps faced by women and girls in accessing NCD-related information, prevention, timely diagnosis, services, and supp...
23 Sep 2023
NCD Child, Elsevier - Journal of Adolescent Health
Young Adults' Hopes Regarding Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) Prevention and Management After the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Pandemic: Reflections From the NCD Child #YouthCOVIDCHAT Campaign
Publication
22 Sep 2023
Purpose The SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic has left a massive global death toll in its wake. Associated restrictions, precautions and lockdowns have disrupted daily routines, which has been associated with social isolation and major...
Chatham House
Domestic public financing is the key to universal health coverage
Article
22 Sep 2023
On the eve of the United Nations high-level meeting on universal health coverage (UHC), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO) have published a sobering report which shows that the world is alarmingly off track to reaching the Sustain...
20 Sep 2023
World Health Organization
Video recording: 2023 Multistakeholder Gathering on NCDs
On the occasion of the second annual Gathering of the Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the prevention and control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) for the Global NCD Compact, to be held in the margins of the UN High-level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) 2023, WHO, NCD Alliance and the World Diabetes Foundation will co-hosted the second Multistakeholder Gathering to Ac...
20 Sep 2023
20 Sep 2023
World Health Organization
Increasing engagement with government sectors, civil society and local communities. Key messages from the 2023 Multistakeholder Gathering on NCDs
On Thursday, 14th September 2023, the World Health Organization, NCD Alliance and the Word Diabetes Foundation co-hosted the second Multistakeholder Gathering to Accelerate Progress on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.4 and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The event took place in the lead up to the second annual Gathering of the Global Group of Heads of State and Government for NCDs...
20 Sep 2023
World Health Organization
Key Messages & Calls to Action from the 2023 Multistakeholder Gathering on NCDs
Briefs & Fact Sheets
20 Sep 2023
On the occasion of the second annual Gathering of the Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the prevention and control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) for the Global NCD Compact, held in the margins of the second UN High-level Meeting...
19 Sep 2023
World Health Organization
Healthy mobility and public recreational spaces: Boosting physical activity in the Philippines to prevent NCDs and mental health conditions
A lack of physical activity is a known risk factor for noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions. In the Philippines, some 41% of the adult population is reportedly not moving or exercising enough, increasing the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and other health conditions. In a bid to reduce health risk factors and provide equitable access to healthier transport options and recreatio...
19 Sep 2023
World Health Organization
Noncommunicable disease facility-based monitoring guidance
Publication
19 Sep 2023
WHO has developed the Noncommunicable disease facility-based monitoring guidance for NCD patient and programme monitoring, including a framework and parsimonious set of relevant, valid, and feasible standardized indicators to guide recording and rep...
World Health Organization
Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report of the 2021 global survey
Report
19 Sep 2023
To assess national-level responses to NCDs, WHO has implemented NCD country capacity surveys periodically since 2001. This report is the latest in that series. Since the first survey round, the NCD Country Capacity Survey (NCD CCS) has been conducted...