The Executive Board is composed of 34 members technically qualified in the field of health. Members are elected for three-year terms. The main functions of the Board are to give effect to the decisions and policies of the World Health Assembly, to advise it and generally to facilitate its work...
The harmful use of alcohol is a major risk factor for NCDs and an obstacle to sustainable development in High-, Middle and Low-Income countries. Alcohol-related harm is fueling the vicious cycle of poverty, ill-health and inequalities affecting people, families, entire communities and populations. With the WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol and with harmful use of alcohol as an important factor in both the NCD agenda and in Agenda 2030; now is the time to scale up global support for actions at all levels to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm...
The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) is commemorated on the third Sunday of November each year – to remember the many millions killed and injured on the world’s roads, together with their families, friends and many others who are also affected. It is also a Day on which we thank the emergency services and reflect on the tremendous burden and cost of this daily continuing disaster to families, communities and countries, and on ways to halt it...
The 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, is a milestone in global road safety. It is an opportunity for delegates to share successes and lessons learned, chart future strategic directions for global road safety and define ways to accelerate action on proven strategies to save lives...
The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on unhealthy commodity industry tactics and partnerships with governments, CSOs and UN agencies and other stakeholders that challenge coherence in NCD policies and actions due to conflict of interest and potential for undue influence in policy development and implementation.
Members* of the 2nd WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs - including Kristina Sperkova, the International President of Movendi International - present a webinar to zoom into unhealthy commodity industry practices during recent months, discuss lessons learnt and possible ways forward...
Accelerating public health actions and addressing new challenges during the pandemic
The Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (ADA) Unit, within the Department of Mental Health and Substance Use at WHO Headquarters organizes, for the third time, the WHO global Forum on Alcohol, other Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (FADAB).
The primary goal of FADAB is to strengthen partnerships and collaboration among public health-oriented organisations, networks and institutions to accelerate and sustain public health actions in a rapidly changing world.
Translating public health evidence into policy changes is not a linear process due to concurrent priorities and conflicting agendas. Evidence shows that protecting policy development from vested interests is essential to decrease the burden of diseases. This webinar reflects on the governance tools that countries can apply to protect and promote health and well-being when developing alcohol control policies. The target audience is policymakers, government representatives, civil society groups, media and researchers. This event is co-organized by the Italian National Institute of Health, Movendi International, the Pan American Health Organization and the Department of Health Promotion at the World Health Organization.
The labelling of alcoholic beverages is a recommended World Health Organization intervention to raise awareness of alcohol consumption and ensure that consumers can make informed decisions. This webinar aims to take stock of recent evidence regarding the use of health warning labels and the conditions for their effectiveness, illustrate innovative country initiatives and discuss the possible role of consumer associations and civil society to hold interested parties to account.
This event aims at discussing the validity and reliability of alcohol per capita consumption, its sensitivity to describe changes in alcohol control policies, and reflect on the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic in alcohol consumption projected trends by 2030.
This webinar is organized by the World Health Organization's Less Alcohol Unit. This event aims at discussing the validity and reliability of alcohol per capita consumption, its sensitivity to describe changes in alcohol control policies and reflect on the implication of COVID-19 pandemic in alcohol consumption projected trends by 2030.
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