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World Health Organization

Health systems financing: The path to universal coverage

Report

17 Oct 2018

In this report, the World Health Organization maps out what countries can do to modify their financing systems so they can move more quickly towards this goal - universal coverage - and sustain the gains that have been achieved. The report builds on...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Lessons learned on health adaptation to climate variability and change: experiences across low and middle-income countries

Publication

17 Oct 2018

This document in the first part reviews and synthesizes the first five years of implementation (2008–2013) of projects on health adaptation to climate variability and change in low and middle income countries worldwide. The second part of the repor...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and healthSocial determinants of health+1

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World Health Organization

Did you know: climate action by finance ministers can strengthen public health

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

WHO fact sheet with key message on climate change and health for&nbsp;finance ministers: you can increase economic efficiency, increase&nbsp;revenue, improve health and address climate change by considering health issues when&nbsp;developing climate...

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Did you know: climate action by health ministers can strengthen public health

Fact sheet

17 Oct 2018

WHO fact sheet with key message on climate change and health for&nbsp;ministers of health: Climate change will be the defining issue for health systems in the 21st century, interacting with all social determinants of health.

Fact sheetMultisectoral ActionEnvironment, climate change and health

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World Health Organization

Earmarking for Health From Theory to Practice

Report

17 Oct 2018

This paper discusses the theoretical foundations of earmarking, and it analyses country experience with earmarking for health and its impact on health sector budgets and the broader fiscal environment. The goal is to provide useful information to hea...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Fiscal space, public financial management, and health financing: Sustaining progress towards UHC: Implementation of the collaborative agenda

Report

17 Oct 2018

In April 2016, WHO’s Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing convened a follow-up meeting to bring together representatives of national health and finance authorities, as well as other public finance and health financing policy expert...

ReportMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

A framework for implementing the set of recommendations on the marketing of foods and non-alcoholic beverages to children

Guide

17 Oct 2018

This framework document has been developed in response to the mandate of resolution World Health Assembly 63.14 and is aimed at policy-makers wanting to apply the recommendations in their individual territories.

GuideMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth promotionUnhealthy diets+2

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World Health Organization

WHO guideline on health policy and system support to optimize community health worker programmes

Guide

12 Sep 2018

Addressing health workforce shortage, maldistribution and performance challenges is essential for progress towards all health-related goals, including universal health coverage. Further, the health sector has the potential to be a driver of economic...

GuideMultisectoral ActionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Ministry of Health Cambodia

Cambodia National Multisectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Strategy document

11 Jun 2018

A strategy document entailing the national&nbsp;Multisectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases in Cambodia.

Strategy documentMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh

BANGLADESH MULTISECTORAL ACTION PLAN FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES 2018–2025

Strategy document

11 Jun 2018

Summary Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which include cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers, have become a global problem accounting for more than 68% of total global deaths. Due to their chronic nature, NCDs...

Strategy documentMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

In-Depth Qualitative Analysis of Noncommunicable Diseases. Multisectoral Action Plans in the Caribbean

Publication

11 Jun 2018

As the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) continues to have its negative impact on lives, livelihoods, and economies across the globe, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organiza...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization, World Diabetes Foundation

Global dialogue on partnerships for sustainable financing of NCD prevention and control: meeting report

Publication

28 Feb 2018

More than 300 participants from over 56 countries, including governments, United Nations agencies and non-State actors, came together on 9–11 April 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark, to share ideas and best practices, to create and strengthen partnership...

PublicationMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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