The Global Oral Health Status Report (GOHSR), released in November 2022, serves as a reference for policymakers, provides orientation for a wide range of stakeholders across different sectors and guides advocacy towards better prioritization of oral health in global, regional and national contexts. It is the firstever comprehensive picture of the global oral disease burden, the resources available and highlights challenges and opportunities to accelerate progress towards universal coverage for oral health. To ensure translation and relevance of the report’s findings for countries, and in accordance with WHO regional offices, regional summaries based on the data from the GOHSR have been developed. These are short overviews, highlighting regional specific issues with supporting maps showing distributions of different indicators across countries in the region

The Global Oral Health Status Report (GOHSR), released in November 2022, serves as a reference for policymakers, provides orientation for a wide range of stakeholders across different sectors and guides advocacy towards better prioritization of oral health in global, regional and national contexts. It is the firstever comprehensive picture of the global oral disease burden, the resources available and highlights challenges and opportunities to accelerate progress towards universal coverage for oral health. To ensure translation and relevance of the report’s findings for countries, and in accordance with WHO regional offices, regional summaries based on the data from the GOHSR have been developed. These are short overviews, highlighting regional specific issues with supporting maps showing distributions of different indicators across countries in the region.

This regional summary draws on the WHO Global oral health status report, published in 2022, which provides a comprehensive overview of the global oral disease burden, the global health importance of oral health and the impact of oral diseases over the life course. The summary focuses on the oral health status in the Eastern Mediterranean Region and is split into four sections: (a) oral diseases are global and regional health problems; (b) the burden of the main oral diseases; (c) key challenges and opportunities towards oral health for all in the Eastern Mediterranean Region; and (d) road map towards UHC for oral health 2030.

The Global Oral Health Status Report reviews the most recent data on major oral diseases, risk factors and health system challenges and opportunities for reform. The report also introduces the first-ever country oral health profiles with key health and oral health information for each WHO Member State. The report’s clear conclusion is the status of global oral health is alarming and requires urgent action. The report will serve as a reference for policymakers and an orientation for a wide range of stakeholders across different sectors to guide advocacy towards better prioritization of oral health in global, regional and national contexts.

The Global Oral Health Status Report reviews the most recent data on major oral diseases, risk factors and health system challenges and opportunities for reform. The report also introduces the first-ever country oral health profiles with key health and oral health information for each WHO Member State. The report’s clear conclusion is the status of global oral health is alarming and requires urgent action. The report will serve as a reference for policymakers and an orientation for a wide range of stakeholders across different sectors to guide advocacy towards better prioritization of oral health in global, regional and national contexts

The Global Oral Health Status Report (GOHSR), released in November 2022, serves as a reference for policymakers, provides orientation for a wide range of stakeholders across different sectors and guides advocacy towards better prioritization of oral health in global, regional and national contexts. It is the first ever comprehensive picture of the global oral disease burden, the resources available and highlights challenges and opportunities to accelerate progress towards universal coverage for oral health. To ensure translation and relevance of the report’s findings for countries, and in accordance with WHO regional offices, regional summaries based on the data from the GOHSR have been developed. These are short overviews, highlighting regional specific issues with supporting maps showing distributions of different indicators across countries in the region.

World Health Statistics 2019 summarizes recent trends and levels in life expectancy and causes of death, and reports on the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets. Where possible, the 2019 report disaggregates data by WHO region, World Bank income group, and sex; it also discusses differences in health status and access to preventive and curative services, particularly in relation to differences between men and women.

"On the occasion of World Health Day 2016, WHO issues a call for action on diabetes, drawing attention to the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease. The first WHO Global report on diabetes demonstrates that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults. This dramatic rise is largely due to the rise in type 2 diabetes and factors driving it include overweight and obesity. In 2012 alone diabetes caused 1.5 million deaths. Its complications can lead to heart attack, stroke, blindness, kidney failure and lower limb amputation. The new report calls upon governments to ensure that people are able to make healthy choices and that health systems are able to diagnose, treat and care for people with diabetes. It encourages us all as individuals to eat healthily, be physically active, and avoid excessive weight gain."--Publisher's description.

"This report sets out the statistics, evidence and experiences needed to launch a more forceful response to the growing threat posed by noncommunicable diseases. While advice and recommendations are universally relevant, the report gives particular attention to conditions in low- and middle-income countries, which now bear nearly 80% of the burden from diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. The health consequences of the worldwide epidemic of obesity are also addressed. The report takes an analytical approach, using global, regional and country-specific data to document the magnitude of the problem, project future trends, and assess the factors contributing to these trends. As noted, the epidemic of these diseases is being driven by forces now touching every region of the world: demographic aging, rapid unplanned urbanization, and the globalization of unhealthy lifestyles"--Publisher's description.

The World Health Statistics series is WHO's annual compilation of health statistics for its 194 Member States. The World Health Statistics 2016focuses on the health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets. It represents an initial effort to bring together available data on SDG health and health-related indicators, providing an assessment of the situation in 2016. The SDG health goal -- ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages -- includes 13 targets, covering all major health priorities, and including the unfinished and expanded Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda, four targets to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), mental health, injuries and environmental issues, and four "means of implementation" targets. This report also seeks to demonstrate the critical linkages between health and other SDGs by including indicators of selected health determinants and risk factors in other SDG targets. The series is produced by the WHO Department of Information, Evidence and Research, of the Health Systems and Innovation Cluster. As in previous years, World Health Statistics 2016 has been compiled using publications and databases produced and maintained by WHO technical programs and regional offices. WHO presents World Health Statistics 2016as an integral part of its ongoing efforts to provide enhanced access to comparable high-quality statistics on core measures of population health and national health systems. Unless otherwise stated, all estimates have been cleared following consultation with Member States and are published here as official WHO figures.