WHO Western Pacific Regional Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of NCDs (2014-2020)

Global response to the burden of cancer: the WHO approach.

As the burden of many cancer types of major public health relevance worldwide are in part determined by behavioral risks, much of the success of cancer control depends on the up take of prevention strategies at the population level. Over the last decade, the World Health Organization (WHO) has developed global prevention strategies of major relevance for cancer prevention and the prevention of ...

World Health Organization working with theWorld Stroke Organization/Civil Society in the combat of stroke.

The views on actions to combat stroke have taken new directions with the recognition that noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) pose a serious threat not only to public health but also to socioeconomic development. Stroke affects all countries and regions but in different ways; whereas the majority of strokes occur in lowand middle-income countries (who have the largest populations and higher prevale...

NCDs AND ORAL CANCER RATIONALE FOR INCLUSION IN SEAR NCD ACTION PLAN AND VOLUNTARY TARGETS Document prepared for WHO SEARO by: Technical Working Group Meeting on Regional Action Plan and Targets for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Regional Framework for Action on Implementation of the End TB Strategy in the Western Pacific, 2016–2020 Regional Framework for Action on Implementation of the End TB Strategy in the Western Pacific, 2016–2020

Bangladesh policy on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases: a policy analysis

BACKGROUND This paper is aimed at critically assessing the extent to which Non-Communicable Disease NCD-related policies introduced in Bangladesh align with the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2013-2020 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of NCDs. METHODS The authors reviewed all relevant policy documents introduced by the Government of Bangladesh since its in...