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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Resolution: Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from challenges to solutions ( (EM/RC72/R.4)

Publication

20 Oct 2025

The resolution urges Member States to integrate palliative care into national health systems — including universal health coverage benefit packages, primary and hospital-based services, and home/community care — while also ensuring access to esse...

PublicationAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careRefugee and migrant health+4

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WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from challenges to solutions

Strategy document

30 Sep 2025

The WHO EMRO technical paper “Palliative care in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: from challenges to solutions” supports the recent RC Resolution in the region. The technical paper provides insights to&nbsp;quantify and exposes a large unmet nee...

Strategy documentAccess to essential medicines and servicesEmergency preparedness, prevention and responseHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careRefugee and migrant health+4

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HelpAge International

Age inclusion handbook

Guide

30 Jul 2025

Age Inclusion Handbook (2024) – HelpAge InternationalThe Age Inclusion Handbook is a comprehensive three-part resource designed to support practitioners, partners, and organisations in embedding age inclusion across humanitarian and development pro...

GuideMultisectoral ActionHealthy Aging

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Alzheimer's Disease International

ADI leads research forecasting dementia to be the 3rd leading cause of death by 2040

Briefs & Fact Sheets

15 Jul 2025

Alzheimer's Disease International, in collaboration with academics from the London School of Economics, published a commentary in Nature Reviews Neurology urging governments to include dementia in NCD policies and frameworks. This paper reveals strik...

Briefs & Fact SheetsMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupHealthy Aging+1

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The Lancet

Metrics for diplomats: is mortality from non-communicable diseases increasing or decreasing?

Article

03 Jul 2025

Negotiations are ongoing in New York to agree the latest UN political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health.1 With 5 years left to deliver the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, diplomats will be developing a roadmap to...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsDisability and rehabilitationHealthy AgingHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+10

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Alzheimer's Disease International

From Plan to Impact VIII

Report

21 May 2025

In 2017, all 194 WHO Member States unanimously adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Action Plan on the Public Health Response to Dementia. Despite the initial flush of optimism, eight years later only 45 national dementia plans exis...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+2

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Global Self Care Federation

How self-care contributes to the risk-reduction, prevention & management of NCDs

Briefs & Fact Sheets

16 Apr 2025

This paper makes the case for prioritizing self-care as a central pillar of the global NCD response. It explores proven self-care strategies that enhance PHC and UHC, empowering people to take an active role in their health. Finally, it outlines thre...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesHealthy AgingHealth promotionNutrition and food safetyPrimary health careHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+15

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HelpAge International

Achieving UHC fit for an ageing world

Report

05 Nov 2024

By 2030, 1.4 billion people will be aged 60 and over. Yet the majority of health and care systems worldwide remain unprepared for population ageing and associated rises in rates non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and disabilities. This is particularly...

ReportCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupDisability and rehabilitationGender, equity and human rightsHealthy AgingHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+15

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HelpAge International

Driving equitable action on NCDs and healthy ageing to achieve health for all at all ages

Briefs & Fact Sheets

05 Nov 2024

Older people are the age group most at risk from NCDs, yet all too often they are left behind in policy and practice. &nbsp; HelpAge's 14-page briefing, accompanied by a two-page overview with key messages, considers the intersection of older...

Briefs & Fact SheetsPublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesDisability and rehabilitationGender, equity and human rightsHealthy AgingPrimary health careHarmful use of alcoholHousehold and Outdoor Air PollutionPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+16

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Journal of Clinical Oncology

Food Is Love: Partnering With Families to Provide Nourishment at the End of Life

Publication

27 Sep 2024

This is an article about nutrition during the palliative care period. I think the authors summarize this best, “Within the quintessentially human belief that food is love, we discovered a unique opportunity to offer a family in crisis a few concret...

PublicationHealthy AgingNutrition and food safetyUnhealthy diets+1

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Alzheimer's Disease International

World Alzheimer Report 2024

Report

20 Sep 2024

The World Alzheimer Report 2024, titled Global changes in attitudes to dementia offers a unique, global perspective on changing attitudes toward dementia, featuring a blend of insightful essays, real-life case studies, and impactful research findings...

ReportMental Health and Neurological ConditionsCivil Society Working GroupHealthy Aging+1

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HelpAge International

Reframing Ageing: Asia-Pacific Regional Conference Proceedings - held from 11–13 September 2024 in Bali, Indonesia (December 2024)

Report

13 Sep 2024

This report captured the proceedings of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Population Ageing, held in Bali under the theme "Reframing Ageing." It brought together insights from 479 participants across 38 countries, showcasing innovative pol...

ReportCivil Society Working GroupMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationHealthy Aging+2

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