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Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs
Take a look behind the scenes of the Knowledge Action Portal (KAP).
Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability
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 3 levels of the organization.
NCD data portal
Explore the data by country
On the road to 2025 and beyond
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HLM4: On the road to 2025 and beyond
Preparatory process for the Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of NCDs (HLM4)
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Implementation roadmap 2023–2030
for the Global action plan for the prevention and control of NCDs 2013–2030
14 November 2013
Global action plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 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...
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Toolkit for the analysis and use of facility-based data on noncommunicable diseases: Module 2: companion...
This exercise book offers noncommunicable disease (NCD) programme managers in health facilities and national offices the opportunity to practice the analysis...
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Toolkit for the analysis and use of facility-based data on noncommunicable diseases: Module 3: District...
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Toolkit for the analysis and use of facility-based data on noncommunicable diseases: Module 1: surveillance...
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Reporting on the world’s biggest killers: a journalist’s guide to covering noncommunicable diseases
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The second Global report on hypertension highlights the urgent need to scale up detection, treatment, and control of hypertension, especially at the...
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