Relevant publications published by Task Force members beyond WHO are available on this page.

All WHO publications, including those on NCDs and mental health can be accessed here.

All WHO documents, including those on NCDs and mental health can be accessed here.

Global

The role of microbiome science in addressing malnutrition and noncommunicable diseases - 2024

What are healthy diets? Joint statement by FAO and WHO - 2024

The State of Food and Agriculture - 2024

The quest for healthy diets – FAO’s work to secure better nutrition - 2024 (also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish)

Climate action and nutrition pathways to impact – in brief - 2023 (also available in Arabic, Russian, French,  Spanish, Chinese )

Climate action and nutrition – Pathways to impact - 2023 (also available in French Chinese Spanish – other UN languages coming soon)

Food systems and nutrition. Handbook for parliamentarians No. 32. (IPU and FAO. 2021) (also available in French and Spanish)

Climate change, biodiversity and nutrition nexus – Evidence and emerging policy and programming opportunities - 2021

Minimum dietary diversity for women - 2021 (French and Spanish coming soon).

Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT and Editora da UFRGS. 2021. Public food procurement for sustainable food systems and healthy diets. Volume 1 / Volume 2. 

Responding to the challenge of non-communicable diseases. The role of the food and agriculture sector - 2020 https://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA7853EN/

Home-Grown School Feeding Resource Framework. Technical Document - 2020 (FAO and WFP) (also available in Portuguese French Spanish )

Sustainable healthy diets – Guiding principles - 2019 (FAO and WHO) (also available in Russian French Chinese Spanish )

School Food and Nutrition Framework - 2019 (also available in Spanish French Russian )

Strengthening nutrition action. A resource guide for countries based on the policy recommendations of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) - 2018 (FAO and WHO)

Strengthening sector policies for better food security and nutrition results. Food systems for healthy diets - 2018

Influencing food environments for healthy diets - 2016

Influencing food environments for healthy diets. Summary - 2016 (available also in French, Italian and Spanish)

Handbook on Food Labelling to Protect Consumers - 2016 (also available in French )

Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Secretariat on the Conference - 2015 (also available in Chinese  Italian  Spanish  French  Arabic  Russian )

Region-level

Health on the table – A consumer advocacy perspective on reducing overweight and obesity in Latin America - 2021 (available also in Spanish)

Namdar-Irani, M. 2021. Combating obesity and overweight – Private sector initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago, FAO. (available also in Spanish)

Food policies and their implications on overweight and obesity trends in selected countries in the Near East and North Africa region - 2020 (FAO and IFPRI)

Country-level

What can diets and food systems do to prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases in Fiji - 2021

Effects of food taxation in Tonga: a snapshot - 2017 (FAO and C-Pond)

Nuclear medicine: a global perspective

Nuclear Medicine Resources Manual 2020 Edition 

Status of nuclear medicine in Latin America and the Caribbean: IAEA analysis of development in the past 6 years

Programmes of the International Atomic Energy Agency for Nuclear Cardiology and Quality Management

The Global Breast Cancer Initiative: a strategic collaboration to strengthen health care for non-communicable diseases

Technical specifications of radiotherapy equipment for cancer treatment (WHO and IAEA)

Integrated Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging: A Guide for the Practitioner

QUANUM 3.0: An Updated Tool for Nuclear Medicine Audits

Atlas of Non-FDG PET-CT in Diagnostic Oncology

Setting Up a Cancer Centre: A WHO–IAEA Framework (WHO and IAEA)

Technical Cooperation Report for 2022

Imaging of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women: A Critical Review of the Literature

Selecting Megavoltage Treatment Technologies in External Beam Radiotherapy

Radiotherapy resources in Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of current and projected needs based on International Atomic Energy Agency data

Worldwide Implementation of Digital Mammography Imaging (IAEA Human Health Series No. 46)

Clinical Applications of SPECT-CT

PET-CT for the Management of Cancer Patients: a Review of the Existing Evidence

A Practical Guide for Pediatric Nuclear Medicine

Establishing and Improving Interventional Radiology

Bascis of Quality Management for Nuclear Medicine Practices

Sustainable management of radiotherapy facilities and equipment (WHO and IAEA)

IAEA Strategy for Enhancing the Sustainability of Nuclear Medicine in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

The IAEA’s Role in Nutrition Programmes

Atoms for Nutrition: IAEA’s Contribution to Tackling Malnutrition

Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

Body composition reference charts for infants from birth to 24 months: Multicenter Infant Body Composition Reference Study

Perspective: Creating the Evidence Base for Nutritional Support in Childhood Cancer in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Priorities for Body Composition Research

The Role of Nuclear Nutrition Techniques in Cancer – IAEA Infographic

Setting Up a Radiotherapy Programme: Clinical, Medical Physics, Radiation Protection and Safety Aspects

Inequity in Cancer Care: A Global Perspective

Planning National Radiotherapy Services: A Practical Tool, IAEA Human Health Series No. 14, IAEA, Vienna (2011)

Nuclear Cardiology: Its Role in Cost Effective Care

Nuclear Cardiology: Guidance and Recommendations for Implementation in Developing Countries

Management of Cervical Cancer: Strategies for Limited-resource Centres - A Guide for Radiation Oncologists

Radiotherapy Facilities: Master Planning and Concept Design Considerations

RADIOTHERAPY IN CANCER CARE: FACING THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

A decade of action on cancer control

The IAEA’s Role in Nutrition Programmes

Measuring growth and medium- and longer-term outcomes in malnourished children

Assessment of Body Composition and Total Energy Expenditure in Humans Using Stable Isotope Techniques, IAEA Human Health Series No. 3

Stable Isotope Technique to Assess Intake of Human Milk in Breastfed Infants, IAEA Human Health Series No. 7

Introduction to Body Composition Assessment Using the Deuterium Dilution Technique with Analysis of Saliva Samples by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry, IAEA Human Health Series No. 12

Dual Energy X Ray Absorptiometry for Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition Assessment, IAEA Human Health Series No. 15

Body Composition Assessment from Birth to Two Years of Age, IAEA Human Health Series No. 22

Reports

Preventing and addressing violence and harassment in the world of work through occupational safety and health measures

Occupational Safety and Health Series 75 - Review report on laws and practice related to human factors/ergonomics and manual handling at the workplace

Hazardous exposures to plastics in the world of work

Exposure to lead in the world of work: Impacts for occupational safety and health

Chemicals and climate change in the world of work: Impacts for occupational safety and health

Guidelines for the use of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of pneumoconiosis - revised edition 2022

Managing chemical risk in the agriculture sector

Diagnostic and exposure criteria for occupational diseases - Guidance notes for diagnosis and prevention of the diseases in the ILO List of Occupational Diseases (revised 2010)

Exposure to Mercury in the world of work: A review of the evidence and key priority actions

ILO Instruments on Chemical Safety - Analysis and synergies with other international frameworks on the sound management of chemicals

Violence and Harassment against Women and Men in the World of Work-Trade Union Perspective and Action

Training material

Managing work-related psychosocial risks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Global Manual for WISE - Work Improvements in Small Enterprises

HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services

Global manual for WIND: Practical approaches for improving safety, health and working conditions in agriculture

Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions

The SOLVE training package: Integrating health promotion into workplace OSH policies

Stress prevention at work checkpoints

OHCHR overview on Universal Health Coverage and the Right to Health

Mental health, human rights and legislation: Guidance and practice

Access to medicines (Report to ECOSOC, 2023) 

Issue Brief on Mental Health Conditions and Tobacco Use

Toolkit: National tobacco control strategies

Toolkit: Multisectoral coordination for tobacco control

Guidance note: Integrating tobacco control into UN and Natinal Development Planning Instruments

Using Competition Law to Promote Access to Health Tecnologies

A Competition law Approach to Accessing Insulin

Addressing social determinants of NCDs

Health, econimics and social costs of Tobacco in China

Tobacco control governance in sub-saharan Africa

Trade and NCDs in the Pacific Islands

Tobacco Control as an SDG Accelerator

Policy Brief: Pro-poor Taxes for Sustainable Development Financing

Global Framework on Chemicals - for a planet free of harm from chemicals and waste

A Guidance Manual for Policymakers and Regulators for the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste or Used Lead Acid Batteries in Africa 

Walking and Cycling in Africa - Evidence and Good Practice to Inspire Action (joint UNEP and UN-Habitat)

Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment (joint WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF)

Regulating Air Quality: the First Global Assessment of Air Pollution Legislation

Health-Environment Intersectoral Initiatives

A Guide to Better Understanding and Using Violence Against Women Prevalence Data

NCDs and sexual and reproductive health (WHO and UNFPA)

Cervical cancer

Situation analysis of capacities for cervical cancer prevention, treatment and palliative care in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Women, ageing and health: a framework for action (UNFPA and WHO)

Addressing population ageing in Asia and the Pacific region: a life-cycle approach

Strategic Plan 2020-2023

Strengthening UNHCR’s response to Non-Communicable Diseases

Integrating NCD Care in Humanitarian Settings- an operational guide

Public health web page

Silent Suffocation in Africa: Air Pollution Is a Growing Menace

Data analytics at UNICEF for NCDs

Programme Guidance for Early-Life Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases

The State of Food Security and Nutrition on the World 2020

Data for Children, Strategic Framework

A future for the world’s children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet Commission

Behaviours that lead to disease often emerge during childhood and adolescence

Strategy

Nutrition and the environment

Aquatic Foods in sustainable healthy diets

UNSDCF guidance document

Livestock derived foods and sustainable healthy diets

The Coalition of Action on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems for Children and All (HDSFS)

Breastfeeding: Critically important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world

Marketing of Commercial Milk Formula: A System to Capture Parents, Communities, Science and Policy

The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting structural barriers, overcoming power asymmetries, and accelerating progress

Corporate lobbying on US positions toward the World Health Organization: Evidence of intensification and cross-industry coordination

Who benefits from undermining breastfeeding? Exploring the global commercial milk formula industry’s generation and distribution of wealth and income

The Health and Economic Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the GCC

Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in Kosovo to Enhance Human Capital and Economic Growth

Assessing the Care Cascade for Diabetes and Hypertension in Grenada : Mixed Methods Study Utilizing

Analysis of Capacity for Delivering Health Services for Noncommunicable Diseases in Dominica

Assessing the Care Cascade for Diabetes and Hypertension in Saint Lucia : Mixed Methods Study Utilizing Qualitative Data from Health Professionals and Service Users and Quantitative Data from the Saint Lucia STEPS 2019-20 Survey

Noncommunicable Diseases in Saudi Arabia

Responding to the Challenge of Non-communicable Diseases

Using Taxation to Address Noncommunicable Diseases: Lessons from Tonga

Addressing NCDs: A Unifying Agenda for Sustainable Development

URUGUAY Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Project

Health & noncommunicable diseases

The Challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases and Road Traffic Injuries in Sub-Saharan Africa : An Overview

The Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Eastern Caribbean

Non-Communicable Diseases in Jamaica: Moving from Prescription to Prevention

The growing danger of non-communicable diseases : acting now to reverse course

NCDs POLICY BRIEF - INDIA

Prevention and Control of Selected, Non-Communicable Diseases in Sri Lanka : Policy Options and Action

The Burden of Disease among the Global Poor