Filter
50
Filtered Results: 50
Text search:
The
WHO
CVD
Risk
Chart
Working
Group
Featured
Recommendations
5
New Publications
15
Language
Document type
No document type
21
Studies & Reports
13
Guidelines
8
Manuals
4
Strategic & Response Plan
3
Training Material
1
Countries / Regions
India
6
Kenya
3
Global
3
Ethiopia
3
Rwanda
2
Western and Central Europe
2
South Africa
2
Myanmar / Burma
2
Turkey
1
Ghana
1
Nigeria
1
Kyrgyzstan
1
Philippines
1
Cambodia
1
Latin America and the Carribbean
1
South–East Asia Region
1
Uganda
1
Eastern Europe
1
Namibia
1
Botswana
1
Zambia
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Guidelines
13
Policies
9
Non-communicable Diseases
8
Studies & Reports
5
Cardiovascular Diseases
3
NCD
2
Capacity Building
2
Age & Elderly
2
Disease Prevention & Control
2
Countries
1
Medical Devices & Equipment
1
Community Health
1
Other
1
Needs Assessment
1
Health Systems
1
Primary Health Care
1
Toolboxes
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
5
Handbooks & Manuals
3
Community Health Workers CHW
2
Prevention & Strategies
2
Studies & Reports
2
Outbreak Prevention & Control
1
Europe
1
Treatment & Prevention
1
Children & Adolescents
1
Treatment Guidelines HIV
1
Eastern Europe
1
General Studies & Reports
1
Health & Refugee
1
Topics
1
Primary Care
1
Nurses
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
1
Clinical Aspects & Diagnosis
1
Capacity Building & Resources
1
Mental disorders, others
1
The toolkit's purpose is to:
improve the primary health care response for older persons.
sensitize and educate primary health care workers about the specific needs of their older clients.
provide primary care health workers with a set of tools/instruments to assess older people's hea...
Technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care.
Effective implementation of WHO PEN, combined with other very cost effective population-wide interventions, will help even resource constrained settings to attain the global voluntary targets related to reduction of premature mortality and preventionof heart attacks and strokes.
Technical guidance.
This technical guidance aims to inform policy and practice development specifically related to improving the health of older refugees and migrants within the European Union and the larger WHO European Region. Both ageing and migration are in themselves complex multidimensional p...
The strategic priorities of the CCS 2014–2018 are:
(1) Strengthening the health system.
(2) Enhancing the achievement of communicable disease control targets.
(3) Controlling the growth of the noncommunicable disease burden.
(4) Promoting health throughout the life course.
...
(1) Strengthening the health system.
(2) Enhancing the achievement of communicable disease control targets.
(3) Controlling the growth of the noncommunicable disease burden.
(4) Promoting health throughout the life course.
...
Reduced healthy life expectancy due to the high burden of both mental ill health and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is a major public health concern in the European Region. The links between mental disorders and major NCDs are well established.
In clinical practice, however, mental disorders in pa...
Organizing and Delivering High Quality Care for Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in the Americas
The Government of the Republic of Zambia has placed priority on ensuring that Zambians are healthy and productive as a catalyst to the attainment of socioeconomic development . The Vision 2030 aims to transform Zambia into a prosperous middle-income country as articulated also in the 7th National De...
In 2016, the risk of premature mortality1 from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Ethiopia was 18.3%. The economic costs of NCDs are significant and are due principally to their impact on the non-health sector (reduced workforce and productivity). In this study, it is estimated that NCDs cost Ethiop...
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Turkey. This report provides evidence through three analyses that NCDs reduce economic output, and di...
These guidelines for the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases are a critical ingredient for streamlining care across the entire health services provision continuum. They are a strategic component in achieving universal health coverage, securing affordable heal...
WHO list of priority medical devices for management of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
recommended
This publication was developed in response to the need for a reference list of priority medical devices required for management of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), focusing on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, especially for low- and middle-income countries to support universal health coverage a...
The manual has been designed in a comprehensive manner, the aim being to provide a holistic approach to the short-term development of human resources, with a focus on primary care physicians. This is a reference manual meant for primary care physicians who will provide care to older people in primar...
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases and their risk factors are an increasing public health and development challenge in Kyrgyzstan. This report provides evidence through three analyses that NCDs reduce economic outp...
The World Heart Federation (WHF) is a leading global advocate for stronger legislation and policies regarding cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its risk factors, including raised cholesterol. The present Cholesterol Advocacy Toolkit 2022 provides WHF member organizations with information as well as p...
Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), mainly heart attack and stroke, is the
leading cause of premature mortality in low and middle income countries (LMICs).
Identifying and managing individuals at high risk of CVD is an important strategy to prevent and control CVD, in addition to multisector...
To help adapt cardiovascular disease risk prediction approaches to low-income and middle-income countries, WHO has convened an effort to develop, evaluate, and illustrate revised risk models. Here, we report the derivation, validation, and illustration of the revised WHO cardiovascular disease risk ...
Global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden is high and rising, especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Focussing on 45 LMICs, we aimed to determine (1) the adult population’s median 10-year predicted CVD risk, including its variation within countries by socio-demographic char...
The ICMR type 1 diabetes guidelines come at a time when the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
has disproportionately affected people with diabetes population, exposing them to a
high risk for severe illness and mortality. Globally, diabetes was responsible for over fourmillion deaths in the year 2019. It was th...
The "WHO Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) Disease Interventions for Primary Health Care" provides a set of cost-effective, evidence-based interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, and cancers. Designed ...
