Health literacy development for the prevention and control of NCDs

Beating NCDs is a health literacy challenge.

Health literacy is central to preventing and controlling NCDs. It supports people, communities, and organizations in addressing NCDs and their determinants, taking meaningful action to reduce risk factors, and support health and wellbeing for all.

The final report of the GCM/NCD Global Working Group on health education and health literacy for NCDs supports countries and partners build health literacy responsive environments and interventions across countries, sectors and stakeholders.

Report: Health Literacy Development for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

Stories from WHO National Health Literacy Development Projects

4 December 2022

Departmental update

Health literacy development project series: co-designing health literacy initiatives in migrant communities in Portugal

In Lisbon, Sónia Dias and her team at the National School of Public Health launched a health literacy development initiative supporting migrants and refugees living in the Portugue ...

4 December 2022

Departmental update

Health literacy development project series: equitable access for improved diabetes care in Mali

In Mali in northwest Africa, a health literacy questionnaire informed a peer-education programme training community leaders and healthcare workers in key elements of diabetes preve ...

4 December 2022

Departmental update

Health literacy development project series: addressing the determinants of hypertension among migrant workers in northern India

In Faidan Nizampur, a village on the outskirts of the city of Chandigarh in northern India, Manmeet Kaur and Reetu Passi of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Res ...

Discover additional case studies from demonstration projects in 16 countries in Vol. 4. of the report on Health literacy development for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases.

Further Information & Contact

Global Coordination Mechanism on the Prevention and Control of NCDs

WHO Health Promotion Department