Towards ending tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
An analysis from the perspective of the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean
Washington, D.C., 2017
One billion people around the world live with disabilities. This report makes the case that they are being “left behind” in the global community’s work on health. This lack of access not only violates the rights of people with disabilities under international law, but UHC and SDG 3 cannot be a...ttained without better health services for the one billion people with disabilities.
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The seventh WHO Report on the global tobacco epidemic analyses national efforts to implement the most effective measures from the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) that are proven to reduce demand for tobacco.
The report showed that while only 23 countries have implemented ce...ssation support policies at the highest level, 116 more provide fully or partially cost-covered services in some or most health facilities, and another 32 offer services but do not cost-cover them, demonstrating a high level of public demand for support to quit.
Tobacco use has also declined proportionately in most countries, but population growth means the total number of people using tobacco has remained stubbornly high. Currently, there are an estimated 1.1 billion smokers, around 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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District Level M & E Training and Reference Material for Primary Health Care Programmes
Framework of Indictors and Targets
Six months in, the indirect impacts of COVID-19 take a toll on health, social and economic outcomes.
An Action Framework and annexe to Immunization Agenda 2030 (Draft version)
27 January 2021