Noncommunicable diseases
We are responsible for leading, coordinating and monitoring global action to cover additional people with health services, medicines, vaccines, diagnostic and health technologies for the prevention, screening, early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. We aim to advance health equity for persons with disabilities, we have a focus on sensory impairments and bring together the work on rehabilitation from across the departments and from the three levels of the organization.
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14 November 2013
Global action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013–2020
The WHO Global NCD action plan 2013–2020 follows on from commitments made by Heads of State and Government in the United Nations Political Declaration...
25 January 2023
Comprehensive overview of the Secretariat’s technical work: A complement to the Report...
The WHO Director-General has submitted a report to the 152nd session of the Executive Board, as document EB152/6, pursuant to the request in decision WHA72(11)(2019)...
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Small island developing states (SIDS) are a set of islands and coastal states that share similar sustainable development challenges, as a result of their...
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All →Small island developing states (SIDS) are a set of islands and coastal states that share similar sustainable development challenges, as a result of their...
2 May 2023
Report of the second meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on NCD-related Research and Innovation
The WHO Technical Advisory Group on NCD-related Research and Innovation (TAG-NCD R&I) was established in July 2021, consisting of 12 experts from...
3 April 2023
Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual...
The global community has made great progress in reducing major health burdens in recent decades, including advances in infectious disease control and treatment,...
22 March 2023
Access to NCD medicines: emergent issues during the COVID-19 pandemic and key structural factors
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated pre-existing inequalities in the treatment and care of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This report...
18 November 2022
Global oral health status report: towards universal health coverage for oral health by 2030: executive...
The executive summary of the WHO Global oral health status report presents a snapshot of the most recent data on major oral diseases, risk factors, health...
18 November 2022
Global oral health status report: towards universal health coverage for oral health by 2030
The WHO Global oral health status report reviews the most recent data on major oral diseases, risk factors, health system challenges and opportunities...
11 November 2022
Noncommunicable disease facility-based monitoring guidance
WHO has developed the Noncommunicable disease facility-based monitoring guidance for NCD patient and programme monitoring, including a framework and parsimonious...
15 September 2022
Invisible numbers: the true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory...
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