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Strategic action framework to strengthen road safety systems in the Eastern Mediterranean Region This strategic action framework to strengthen road safety systems in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region was developed with the vision of having a region free of road traffic fatalities and serious injuries, where no one dies or is injured while using a sustainable road transportation system. The framework is intended to support Member States in their efforts to...

Assessing national capacity for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: report of the 2019 country capacity survey in the Eastern Mediterranean Region This regional report provides the results of the 2019 noncommunicable disease (NCD) country capacity survey in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. It offers an overview of the current capacities of the countries of the Region to prevent and control NCDs particularly in regard to the four key areas of: governance; prevention and...

Proposed policy priorities for preventing obesity and diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region There is an alarming and escalating burden of overweight, obesity and diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, closely linked to changing dietary patterns. Obesity and the most common type of diabetes are largely preventable and urgent action is needed to reduce exposure to their causal factors, such as unhealthy diet and physical inactivity. This document takes into account the...