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World Heart Federation (WHF)

The WHF Roadmap for Reducing CV Morbidity and Mortality Through Prevention and Control of RHD

Publication

01 May 2017

The World Heart Federation Roadmaps are central to its mission to address the global burden of cardiovascular disease. They provide comprehensive frameworks for countries and regions to identify key barriers as well as implement evidence-based polici...

PublicationCardiovascular DiseaseHealth Literacy DevelopmentHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+1

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World Health Organization

Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018

Strategy document

28 Apr 2017

World Health Assembly, 70 (2017). Preparation for the third High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, to be held in 2018. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/275670

Strategy documentHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Carol Levin, Dan Chisholm

Cost-Effectiveness and Affordability of Interventions, Policies, and Platforms for the Prevention and Treatment of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders

Publication

08 Mar 2017

This chapter reviews the available evidence concerning the cost and cost-effectiveness of interventions for the protection, prevention, and treatment of mental, neurological, and substance abuse disorders. Economic evidence is most available for the...

PublicationMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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World Bank

Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority

Dialogue

08 Mar 2017

Mental health issues impose an enormous disease burden on societies across the world. Depression alone affects 350 million people globally and is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Despite its enormous social burden, mental disorders continue...

DialogueMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Breast Cancer Knowledge Summaries

Database

01 Mar 2017

National breast cancer control programs can be developed and implemented at all resource levels. Successful breast cancer programs offer women with breast cancer the best possible outcomes while effectively using available resources. Breast cancer ca...

DatabaseCancerMultistakeholder CollaborationAccess to essential medicines and servicesGender, equity and human rightsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent health+4

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International Monetary Fund

How to Design and Enforce Tobacco Excises?

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...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+1

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

Armenia STEPS Survey 2016: Fact Sheet on NCD Risk Factors

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...

Fact sheetCancerCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesHealth Literacy DevelopmentMultisectoral ActionMultistakeholder CollaborationGender, equity and human rightsHealthy AgingHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health careSocial determinants of healthHarmful use of alcoholPhysical inactivityTobacco useUnhealthy diets+14
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World Health Organization

Modelling the impact of raising tobacco taxes on public health and finance

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...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+1

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National Cancer Institute

The Economics of Tobacco and Tobacco Control

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...

ArticleHealth taxationHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingTobacco use+2

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Ministry of Health Bhutan

BHUTAN: THE MULTISECTORAL NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES [2015-2020]

Strategy document

11 Jun 2015

A comprehensive document entailing the national multisectoral action plan developed by the ministry of health in Bhutan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases.

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

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Ministry of Health Nepal, WHO Country Office for Nepal

Nepal Multisectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (2014-2020)

Strategy document

11 Jun 2015

A strategy document outlining the multisectoral action plan developed by the Government of Nepal for the prevention and control of Noncommunicable Diseases.

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

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Ministry of Health Antigua and Barbuda

National Policy and Multisectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Antigua and Barbuda

Strategy document

11 Jun 2015

The National Policy and Multisectoral Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases lays down actions to reduce preventable morbidity and premature mortality due to NCDs and control of the risk factors attributed to these di...

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

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