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 integrated support
The mission of the NCD Integrated Support (NIS) unit is to enable integrated noncommunicable diseases services through health system strengthening using a primary health care approach.
The unit works on:
- NCD integrated country support
- evidence-based advocacy
- the creation of solutions for access to NCD medicines
- the mainstreaming of NCDs into the agendas of strategic partners, such us the Global Fund and the World Bank
- the preparation process of the 4th High-level Meeting on NCDs
- the mainstreaming of environmental risk factors into NCDs' work
- the development of technical products that promote NCD integrated services.
Publications
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3 April 2023
Integrating the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and sexual...
The global community has made great progress in reducing major health burdens in recent decades, including advances in infectious disease control and treatment,...
15 September 2022
Invisible numbers: the true extent of noncommunicable diseases and what to do about them
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory...
7 September 2020
WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, tend to be of long duration and are the result of a combination of genetic, physiological,...
26 October 2017
Tackling NCDs: 'best buys' and other recommended interventions for the prevention and control of noncommunicable...
This document provides policy-makers with a list of ‘best buys’ and other recommended interventions to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)...
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