Coronavirus disease
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Noncommunicable diseases and COVID-19
To help increase the reach of WHO’s efforts to stop the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for the future, the WHO NCD/WIN Working Group on COVID-19 and Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) has been established to support efforts to “Strengthen the design and implementation of policies, including for resilient health systems and health services and infrastructure, to treat people living with NCDs and prevent and control their risk factors during the COVID-19 outbreak, with a particular focus on countries’ most vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19”, taking into account the corresponding commitment made by Heads of State and Government in paragraph 40 of the 2018 UNGA Political Declaration on NCDs.
This website contains information on the work of the Working Group.
UN Task Force and COVID-19
UN Task Force response to COVID-19 pandemic
Related publications
1 June 2020
Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context:...
operational guidance for the COVID-19 context: interim guidance, 1 June 2020
3 September 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on noncommunicable disease resources and services:...
This report presents the results of a rapid assessment conducted by the NCD Department in May 2020 detailing the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Related documents
5 May 2020
Presentation from the Working Group - WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs - 4 May 2020
Presentation from the Working Group - WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs on 4 May 2020.
Policy Brief of the UN Secretary-General: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
Presentation from the Working Group - UN Inter-Agency Task Force on NCDs on 1 May 2020.
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Conceptual framework for the WHO Working Group on COVID-19 and NCDs
Presentation from the Working Group for the NCD Alliance - 29 April 2020
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Scientific brief on the use of Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) in patients with COVID-19.
23 March 2020
Information note on COVID-19 and NCDs
Information note on COVID-19 and noncommunicable diseases
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NCDs and COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
You can lower your risk of COVID-19 significantly by taking some simple actions
NCD Alliance – Coronavirus (COVID-19) resources relevant to NCDs
This page shares various resources and tools to support out network to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic
Tobacco control during the COVID-19 pandemic: how we can help
Statement from the Head of the Convention Secretariat
Dr Adriana Blanco MarquizoContact
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