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.
Engagement with the private sector on medicines and technologies for diabetes care
Companies which produce medicines and technologies for the prevention and treatment of diabetes have an important role to play in decreasing disease and death due to diabetes.
This page provides information on WHO’s engagement with the pharmaceutical and health technology industries involved in the production of medicines and technologies relating to diabetes.