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Guide to creating urban public SPACES for children

Public spaces to play are important to children's health and development and are a core right. Yet with increasing urbanization, access to public spaces...

SEAHEARTS 2030: Monitoring Framework

The SEAHEARTS 2030 Monitoring Framework comprises indicator definitions and measurement criteria for each of the five SEAHEARTS Milestones 2030. The indicator...

From Strategy to Actions: Prioritizing NCD prevention and control Regional workshop to advance NCD prevention and control in the WHO South-East Asia Region

Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), principally cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory diseases, impose a major and growing...

Summary of the Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2025

In 2025, the WHO Global Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme marks 20 years of action and data. Since its establishment in 2005, a concerted effort...