Article
04 Nov 2016
IntroductionTobacco1 is for several good reasons more heavily taxed than other goods in many countries. From the early days of industrial production of cigarettes in the late nineteenth century until a clear link was estab- lished between tobacco and...
Publication
15 Aug 2016
By the middle of this century, racial/ethnic minority populations will collectively constitute 50% of the US population. This temporal shift in the racial/ethnic composition of the US population demands a close look at the race/ethnicity-specific bur...
Report
11 Jul 2016
The World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Psoriasis was published in 2016 in response to the 2014 World Health Assembly resolution (WHA67.9) that stated psoriasis should be viewed as a serious non-communicable disease (NCD). By passing the resolu...
Fact sheet
18 Jun 2016
This Tobacco Fact Sheet presents national data from the 2016 Armenia STEPS Survey on tobacco use and control indicators for adults aged 18–69. It provides insights into smoking prevalence, quit attempts, secondhand smoke exposure, and awareness of...
Fact sheet
18 Jun 2016
This fact sheet presents data from Armenia’s 2016 STEPS survey on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in adults aged 18–69, covering smoking, alcohol, diet, physical activity, overweight/obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol, and salt intak...
Report
18 Jun 2016
This report presents detailed results from the Armenia STEPS Survey 2016, providing statistical breakdowns by sex and age groups (18–69 and 45–69 years). It covers the prevalence of major noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors in Armenia usin...
Publication
18 Jun 2016
The Armenia STEPS Survey 2016 is the country's first national survey on noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors, conducted using the WHO STEPwise approach. Covering adults aged 18–69, the survey assessed both behavioral and biological risk facto...
Guide
05 Jun 2016
These guidelines are intended primarily for health-care professionals involved in the care of girls and women who have been subjected to any form of female genital mutilation (FGM).This document also provides guidance for policy-makers, health-care m...
Report
29 Apr 2016
The WHO's seminal report on psoriasis from 2016 stands as a cornerstone in understanding the worldwide impact of this condition. Created in response to a resolution on psoriasis (WHA 67.9) passed at the 67th World Health Assembly of the WHO in 2014,...
Guide
16 Feb 2016
This is a practical manual on how to plan and implement palliative care services, integrated into existing health-care services, at national or subnational level. It has been designed primarily for health programme managers at national, provincial, o...
Article
12 Feb 2016
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the potential for tobacco tax to contribute to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development by reducing tobacco use, saving lives and generating tax revenues.MethodsA model of the global cigarette market in 2014 – dev...
Article
01 Jan 2016
This monograph, a collaboration between the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization, examines the current research and evidence base surrounding the economics of tobacco control—including tobacco use, tobacco growing, manufactur...
