Investing in 24 Cents per Patient Annually in Digital Health Could Save 2 Million Lives 24/09/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Investing in as little as $0.24 per patient per year in digital health interventions – telemedicine, mobile messaging, and chatbots – could significantly lower the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), says a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (UTI). These interventions could avert 2 million deaths and 7 […] Continue reading -> ‘Tens of Thousands’ of Sudanese Children Could Die of Famine, UN officials Warn 13/08/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Without urgent humanitarian assistance, tens of thousands of people in Sudan may die of famine in coming weeks, UN officials warned during a Geneva press briefing Tuesday. Their calls for a ceasefire to enable humanitarian assistance to flow more freely came on the eve of peace talks scheduled to take place in Geneva with the […] Continue reading -> Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> New UN Report Calls for Fresh Approach to Ending Food Insecurity and Hunger 18/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Food security and nutrition initiatives often fail due to fragmentation, a lack of consensus on priorities, and the prevalence of numerous actors delivering mostly small, short-term projects, according to this year’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, due to be released next week. More targeted and less risk-averse finance, as […] Continue reading -> Nearly a Third of Adults Fail to Meet Global Physical Activity Recommendations 27/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Physical inactivity levels have jumped to 31%, meaning that around 1.8 billion people did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022 , according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is an increase of 10% since 2000, mostly driven by data from lower-middle income countries. Lack of physical […] Continue reading -> Countries Trade Advice About How to Tackle NCDs and Mental Health at Global Financing Dialogue 20/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan A tax on tobacco and alcohol in the Philippines resulted in a sixfold increase in the country’s health budget as well as a drop in consumption of the harmful products, Ted Herbosa, the country’s health secretary, told a meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) and financing on Thursday. “It increased the health budget by six times […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods 14/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a first for healthier diets, WHO has issued a “strong recommendation” that countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages as part of a wider effort to combat the powerful health impacts of the industrial foods industry – whose marketing of sugar, sodium and fat-laced, processed foods is linked with millions of deaths annually. WHO also issued more […] Continue reading -> Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
‘Tens of Thousands’ of Sudanese Children Could Die of Famine, UN officials Warn 13/08/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Without urgent humanitarian assistance, tens of thousands of people in Sudan may die of famine in coming weeks, UN officials warned during a Geneva press briefing Tuesday. Their calls for a ceasefire to enable humanitarian assistance to flow more freely came on the eve of peace talks scheduled to take place in Geneva with the […] Continue reading -> Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> New UN Report Calls for Fresh Approach to Ending Food Insecurity and Hunger 18/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Food security and nutrition initiatives often fail due to fragmentation, a lack of consensus on priorities, and the prevalence of numerous actors delivering mostly small, short-term projects, according to this year’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, due to be released next week. More targeted and less risk-averse finance, as […] Continue reading -> Nearly a Third of Adults Fail to Meet Global Physical Activity Recommendations 27/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Physical inactivity levels have jumped to 31%, meaning that around 1.8 billion people did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022 , according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is an increase of 10% since 2000, mostly driven by data from lower-middle income countries. Lack of physical […] Continue reading -> Countries Trade Advice About How to Tackle NCDs and Mental Health at Global Financing Dialogue 20/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan A tax on tobacco and alcohol in the Philippines resulted in a sixfold increase in the country’s health budget as well as a drop in consumption of the harmful products, Ted Herbosa, the country’s health secretary, told a meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) and financing on Thursday. “It increased the health budget by six times […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods 14/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a first for healthier diets, WHO has issued a “strong recommendation” that countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages as part of a wider effort to combat the powerful health impacts of the industrial foods industry – whose marketing of sugar, sodium and fat-laced, processed foods is linked with millions of deaths annually. WHO also issued more […] Continue reading -> Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Progress Towards SDG ‘No Hunger’ Goal Remains Stalled; One in 11 People Undernourished 24/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Global levels of hunger remain stagnant at the highest rates seen in over a decade, as one in 11 people worldwide (8.9%) faced hunger, or undernourishment, in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition (SOFI) report, released on Wednesday. The report, a collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International […] Continue reading -> New UN Report Calls for Fresh Approach to Ending Food Insecurity and Hunger 18/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Food security and nutrition initiatives often fail due to fragmentation, a lack of consensus on priorities, and the prevalence of numerous actors delivering mostly small, short-term projects, according to this year’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, due to be released next week. More targeted and less risk-averse finance, as […] Continue reading -> Nearly a Third of Adults Fail to Meet Global Physical Activity Recommendations 27/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Physical inactivity levels have jumped to 31%, meaning that around 1.8 billion people did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022 , according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is an increase of 10% since 2000, mostly driven by data from lower-middle income countries. Lack of physical […] Continue reading -> Countries Trade Advice About How to Tackle NCDs and Mental Health at Global Financing Dialogue 20/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan A tax on tobacco and alcohol in the Philippines resulted in a sixfold increase in the country’s health budget as well as a drop in consumption of the harmful products, Ted Herbosa, the country’s health secretary, told a meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) and financing on Thursday. “It increased the health budget by six times […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods 14/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a first for healthier diets, WHO has issued a “strong recommendation” that countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages as part of a wider effort to combat the powerful health impacts of the industrial foods industry – whose marketing of sugar, sodium and fat-laced, processed foods is linked with millions of deaths annually. WHO also issued more […] Continue reading -> Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
New UN Report Calls for Fresh Approach to Ending Food Insecurity and Hunger 18/07/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska Food security and nutrition initiatives often fail due to fragmentation, a lack of consensus on priorities, and the prevalence of numerous actors delivering mostly small, short-term projects, according to this year’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, due to be released next week. More targeted and less risk-averse finance, as […] Continue reading -> Nearly a Third of Adults Fail to Meet Global Physical Activity Recommendations 27/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Physical inactivity levels have jumped to 31%, meaning that around 1.8 billion people did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022 , according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is an increase of 10% since 2000, mostly driven by data from lower-middle income countries. Lack of physical […] Continue reading -> Countries Trade Advice About How to Tackle NCDs and Mental Health at Global Financing Dialogue 20/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan A tax on tobacco and alcohol in the Philippines resulted in a sixfold increase in the country’s health budget as well as a drop in consumption of the harmful products, Ted Herbosa, the country’s health secretary, told a meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) and financing on Thursday. “It increased the health budget by six times […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods 14/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a first for healthier diets, WHO has issued a “strong recommendation” that countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages as part of a wider effort to combat the powerful health impacts of the industrial foods industry – whose marketing of sugar, sodium and fat-laced, processed foods is linked with millions of deaths annually. WHO also issued more […] Continue reading -> Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Nearly a Third of Adults Fail to Meet Global Physical Activity Recommendations 27/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Physical inactivity levels have jumped to 31%, meaning that around 1.8 billion people did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022 , according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is an increase of 10% since 2000, mostly driven by data from lower-middle income countries. Lack of physical […] Continue reading -> Countries Trade Advice About How to Tackle NCDs and Mental Health at Global Financing Dialogue 20/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan A tax on tobacco and alcohol in the Philippines resulted in a sixfold increase in the country’s health budget as well as a drop in consumption of the harmful products, Ted Herbosa, the country’s health secretary, told a meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) and financing on Thursday. “It increased the health budget by six times […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods 14/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a first for healthier diets, WHO has issued a “strong recommendation” that countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages as part of a wider effort to combat the powerful health impacts of the industrial foods industry – whose marketing of sugar, sodium and fat-laced, processed foods is linked with millions of deaths annually. WHO also issued more […] Continue reading -> Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Countries Trade Advice About How to Tackle NCDs and Mental Health at Global Financing Dialogue 20/06/2024 Kerry Cullinan A tax on tobacco and alcohol in the Philippines resulted in a sixfold increase in the country’s health budget as well as a drop in consumption of the harmful products, Ted Herbosa, the country’s health secretary, told a meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCD) and financing on Thursday. “It increased the health budget by six times […] Continue reading -> WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods 14/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a first for healthier diets, WHO has issued a “strong recommendation” that countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages as part of a wider effort to combat the powerful health impacts of the industrial foods industry – whose marketing of sugar, sodium and fat-laced, processed foods is linked with millions of deaths annually. WHO also issued more […] Continue reading -> Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Issues First-Ever Set of Guidelines for Taxing Unhealthy Foods 14/06/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher In a first for healthier diets, WHO has issued a “strong recommendation” that countries tax sugar-sweetened beverages as part of a wider effort to combat the powerful health impacts of the industrial foods industry – whose marketing of sugar, sodium and fat-laced, processed foods is linked with millions of deaths annually. WHO also issued more […] Continue reading -> Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tobacco, Junk Food, Fossil Fuel and Alcohol Industries Drive ‘Millions of Deaths’ 12/06/2024 Sophia Samantaroy Just four industries – tobacco, ultra-processed foods (UPFs), fossil fuels, and alcohol – cause over a third of all deaths globally each year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Europe. Not only are these industries driving ill health and premature mortality across Europe and Central Asia, but […] Continue reading -> Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cardiometabolic Diseases Threaten Life Expectancy Gains, Even in Young Countries 29/05/2024 Sophia Samantaroy GENEVA – Cardiometabolic diseases, a group of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) including cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, are on the rise globally, threatening life expectancy gains and burdening vulnerable economies with excess healthcare costs. These diseases already contribute to over 30% of global deaths each year. With one billion people now living […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Calls on European Countries to Mandate Reduced Salt in Processed Foods – ‘To Save Lives’ 16/05/2024 Elaine Ruth Fletcher More than one in three adults in WHO’s European Region aged 30-79 has hypertension, or high blood pressure – and a key factor is excess consumption of salt, according to a new WHO report published this week. The report “Action on Salt and Hypertension,” calls on governments to take “mandatory” measures to reduce the public’s […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts