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This document describes the key areas that national governments should consider for the introduction and scale-up ... more

Social determinants of mental health

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian World Health Organization WHO (2014) C_WHO
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Geissler, C. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2015) CC
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Good governance for prison health in 21st century

World Health Organization (Europe); UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) (2013) C_WHO
A policy brief on the organization of prison health
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Global UNIDO Project: Strengthening the local production of essential generic drugs in the least developed ... more
The strategic priorities of the CCS 2014–2018 are:
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The harmful use of alcohol causes approximately 3 million deaths every year and the overall burd ... more
This annual report highlights the work of the WHO from January to June 2021 ( December 2021). The ... more

Epilepsy

World Health Organization (2004) C_WHO
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The report aims to capture lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and to highlight the opportunity f ... more
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This fourth annual report monitors global progress towards the 2023 target for global elimination of industrially produced trans-fatty acids (TFA), highlighting achievements during ... more
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Cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

Ngwa, W.; et al. Lancet Oncology Commission (2022) C2
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Census data shows that Myanmar can harness a double dividend – both youth and gender. This year’s annual report provides many facets of the jou ... more
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Every year, nearly 250 million people move across borders temporarily or permanently for a job opportunity, studying, to flee a crisis back home, or for other reasons. Another 750 million move for similar reasons within the borders ... more
Harm Reduction Journal (2016) 13:28 DOI 10.1186/s12954-016-0118-x
guidance for health managers, health workers, and activists
Statement Impact of migration on infectious diseases in Europe | August 2007 | 1-7
INT J TUBERC LUNG DIS 22(2):197–205 http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.17.0245
Chapter 8, Prison and Health, published
Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 808–817 | DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00840-2016
New edition
Copenhagen, Denmark, 7–8 March 2017. Meeting report
Including Therapeutic Food, Dietary Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation - 2nd edition

The Global State of Harm Reduction 2016

K. Stone; G. Sander Harm Reduction International (2016) C2
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210937 February 5, 2019
Eur Respir J. 2014 April ; 43(4): 1132–1141. doi:10.1183/09031936.00203613.
July 2014
F1000Research
Health and Human Rights Journal December 2016 / Volume 18 / Number 2 / Papers, 171-182
Policy Framework
PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185526 September 28, 2017 Global Health and Tropical Medicine, GHTM, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, IHMT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, UNL, Lisboa, Portugal