Publications
Key publications
Screening programmes: a short guide. Increase effectiveness, maximize benefits and minimize harm (2020)
This guide is designed for policy-makers and public health leads involved in planning, designing and implementing screening programmes in the WHO European Region.
Fact sheet - 5 facts about alcohol and cancer
This factsheet provides five important facts for policy makers, health professionals and the general public about the links between alcohol consumption and a range of cancer types.
Alcohol and cancer in the WHO European Region: An appeal for better prevention (2020)
This fact sheet provides up-to-date information and guidance on the links between alcohol and a range of cancers, including some of the most common types, such as female breast cancer and colorectal cancer, for those involved in designing and implementing policies that affect public health.
Infographic: Palliative care in the WHO European Region: a call for action (2020)
Providing palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic Experiences from Spain (2020)
Under state of emergency legislation enacted in Spain on 15 March, all private hospitals in the country came under direct control of the government.
Time to Deliver in Europe. Meeting noncommunicable disease targets to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (2019)
This short report sets out some of the key messages and shared learning from the first European high-level conference on NCDs held in Ashgabat in December 2013.
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in Kazakhstan. The case for investment (2019)
This report provides evidence through three analyses that NCDs reduce economic output and discusses potential options in response, outlining details of their relative returns on investment.
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in Turkey - The case for investment (2018)
An intervention costing analysis provides an estimate of the funding required to implement a set of policy interventions for prevention and clinical interventions.
Comprehensive cervical cancer control: A guide to essential practice - Second edition (2014)
This guide updates the 2006 edition and includes the recent promising developments in technologies and strategies that can address the gaps between the needs for and availability of services for cervical cancer prevention and control. It is now available in Russian.
Prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the European Region: a progress report (2014)
This report aims to demonstrate achievements made in the various proposed action areas, reporting the activities already undertaken and future plans, through presentation of data for the region derived from WHO’s NCD Country Capacity Survey 2013.
Clinical guidelines for chronic conditions in the European Union (2013)
This study reviews for the first time the various national practices relating to clinical guidelines in 29 European countries.
Marketing of foods high in fat, salt and sugar to children: update 2012–2013 (2013)
Provides information on the marketing of foods and beverages to children and the changes that have occurred in the last decade. It examines the evolution of marketing methods in parallel with changes in media platforms.
Action Plan for implementation of the European Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2012−2016 (2012)
Prevention and better control of NCDs will reduce premature death and preventable morbidity and disability, improve quality of life, and help reduce growing health inequalities.
Country capacity for noncommunicable disease prevention and control in the WHO European Region (2010)
The survey was designed to measure the capacity of individual countries to respond to the prevention and control of NCDs.
Gaining health. Analysis of policy development in European countries for tackling noncommunicable diseases (2009)
Insight into policy development in 8 European countries to address the challenge of NCDs, and draw out the main themes to assist policy-makers in formulating their own responses.
Sitges, Spain, 16–18 April 2018
Information about NCDs for every Member State, available as a full report or as individual profiles by country
WHO headquarters, 2008: A comprehensive assessment of the health of the world's population
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiations (UNSCEAR)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Inequality (disparity) as it applies to cancer care in general, and access to prevention, screening, palliative and treatment services in particular.