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Lancet Oncology

The changing global landscape of national cancer control plans

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20 Jan 2025

Global efforts to highlight cancer and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as a growing burden were first raised in 2005 World Health Assembly Resolution 58.22 and reinforced with Resolution 70.12 and the Global NCD action plan in 2017. One common threa...

ArticleCancerHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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HRIDAY

Addressing Commercial Determinants of Health to Promote Health for All

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10 Jan 2025

With a rise in non-communicable diseases (NCDs), public health researchers are increasingly focusing attention on risk factors like tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy diet. The detrimental impact of the current economic system concerning commercial dete...

ArticleMultisectoral ActionHealth promotion

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Implementing the WHO Indicators for assessing palliative care development in three countries: a Do-It-Yourself approach.

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01 Jan 2025

The report assesses global palliative care using 14 WHO indicators to identify health system strengths and weaknesses at the country level. Pilot projects in Benin, Morocco, and Uruguay and a’Do-it-yourself’ approach offer valuable insights and a...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+4
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Podcast "Let's Talk Cancer" – 'Rewriting Cancer': stories of resilience and change in cancer care

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19 Dec 2024

In this episode of Let’s Talk Cancer, discover a series of short, 5mn branded films produced for UICC by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, entitled 'Rewriting Cancer'. This initiative highlights people’s experiences with cancer around the wo...

ArticleCancerMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesHealth promotion+1

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NCD Alliance

PODCAST: Health on the agenda: financing UHC and NCDs

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17 Dec 2024

In this episode, we’re looking ahead to UHC Day, on 12 December. The 2024 theme is Health: it’s on the government!&nbsp;UHC of course stands for Universal Health Coverage, and today we’re talking about financing for UHC and its relationship to...

ArticleHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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International Society of Nephrology

Scoping Review of Economic Analyses of Rare Kidney Diseases

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10 Dec 2024

Rare kidney diseases (RKDs) place a substantial economic burden on patients and health systems, the extent of which is unknown and may be systematically underestimated by health economic techniques. We aimed to investigate the economic burden and cos...

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The Lancet

Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants

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01 Dec 2024

Diabetes can be detected at the primary health-care level, and effective treatments lower the risk of complications. There are insufficient data on the coverage of treatment for diabetes and how it has changed. We estimated trends from 1990 to 2022 i...

ArticleDiabetes

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International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)

Settings for planetary health and well-being: Considerations for the theme of the 25th Global Conference of IUHPE, Abu Dhabi, 2025

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27 Nov 2024

Concept note about the IUHPE 2025 Conference, published in IUHPE's quarterly journal, Global Health Promotion. Also available in French and Spanish.

ArticleMultistakeholder CollaborationCommunicable diseasesEnvironment, climate change and health+1
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NCD Alliance

PODCAST: Oral health takes centre stage

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27 Nov 2024

In this episode we’re talking about oral health and noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs, with Dr Greg Chadwick, President of FDI World Dental Federation, and Dr Dympna Kavanagh, Chief Dental Officer for the Republic of Ireland. What they both stress...

ArticleUnhealthy diets

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Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)

The Medicines Patent Pool unveils new version of MedsPaL for streamlined access to global health intellectual property information

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27 Nov 2024

The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) is pleased to announce the launch of a new version of its patents and licences database MedsPaL. MedsPalis a free resource that provides crucial information on the intellectual property status of patented essential med...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and services+2

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Science Direct: Social Sciences and Medicine

Epistemic struggles: The role of advocacy in promoting epistemic justice and rights in mental health

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22 Nov 2024

Advocacy for people using health and social care services is widely promoted but its theoretical foundation is under-developed and its impact poorly conceptualised. This paper explores the liberatory potential of in- dependent advocacy, using Fricker...

ArticleMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMeaningful Engagement of People with Lived ExperiencesMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsSocial determinants of health+3

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World Health Organization

A Global Cancer Workforce in Crisis: How to Build Capacities, Reverse a Threatening Trend, and Promote Equity (London Global Cancer Week)

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08 Nov 2024

Date: 11 November 2024 Time: 10:00 – 12:30 GMT Register here:&nbsp;https://tinyurl.com/yvtwbvhx Together with leading experts, UN agencies, and national program managers, we’ll explore:&nbsp; Current workforce challenges and trends...

ArticleDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentCommunicable diseasesDisability and rehabilitationEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseUnhealthy diets+4

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