Health Promotion

We work to enhance people’s wellbeing and reduce their health risks associated with tobacco use, alcohol consumption and physical inactivity, thereby contributing to better population health. We develop and implement cross-cutting normative, fiscal and legal measures and capacity development tools. We advance global health in health literacy, community engagement strategies and good governance for health, and foster public health action in the settings of every-day life.

About us

Highlight

World No Tobacco Day 2024

Health topics

Other

Alcohol

Behavioural interventions

Health promoting schools

Behavioural interventions

Health promotion

Human behaviour

Physical activity

Substances

Tobacco

Technical information

Enhanced well-being

Tobacco control

Increased physical activity

Public health law

Fiscal policies for health

Less alcohol

Groups

WHO Tobacco Laboratory Network (TobLabNet)

WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg)

Databases and tools

Health taxes database

Pictorial health warnings on tobacco products

Initiatives

Be active

Initiative on urban governance for health and well-being

MPOWER

Global regulatory and fiscal capacity building on healthy diets and physical activity (Global RECAP)

Tobacco cessation consortium

Tobacco-Free Farms

Call for experts

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25 April 2024

Call for experts

Call for experts: WHO Strategic Advisory and Technical Group of Experts on Well-being and Health Promotion (STAGE-WELHPR)

30 June 2023

Call for proposals

Call for proposals: Evidence synthesis on comprehensive programmes for healthy, safe and resilient workplaces

31 October 2022

Call for consultation

WHO draft Framework on achieving Well-being

18 October 2021

Call for proposals

Seeking proposals for the development and implementation of engagement platforms for city-to-city learning

News

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18 September 2024

Joint News Release

FIFA and World Health Organization launch global concussion awareness campaign

30 July 2024

Departmental update

WHO publishes new tobacco and asthma knowledge summary

25 July 2024

News release

WHO teams up with IOC and France to support healthy Paris Olympics

2 July 2024

News release

WHO releases first-ever clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults

Events

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3 July 2024 15:00 – 16:15 CET

Webinar: A deep dive into the development of new WHO global comparable estimates of physical inactivity in adults

2 July 2024 14:00 – 15:30 CET

Launch of new WHO estimates of physical inactivity in adults

7 – 21 June 2024

Webinar series: Regulating digital marketing of tobacco, alcohol, food and non-alcoholic beverages and breast-milk substitutes

2024

31 May 2024 CET

World No Tobacco Day 2024 - Protecting children from tobacco industry interference

Our work

Promoting walking, cycling and other forms of active mobility

Strengthening partnerships across sectors to promote physical activity

Building policy to promote physical activity

Ensuring access to sports for all

Improving health literacy

Promoting well-being

Creating healthy cities

Promoting health through good governance

Investing in school health

Monitoring tobacco use

Warning about the dangers of tobacco

Protecting people from tobacco smoke

Enforcing tobacco advertising, promotion & sponsorship bans

Quitting tobacco

Regulating nicotine and tobacco products

Raising taxes on tobacco

Publications

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This document is the tenth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association...

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This document is the ninth in a series of Tobacco Knowledge Summaries and is prepared with the objective to summarize the current evidence on the association...

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WHO clinical treatment guideline for tobacco cessation in adults

Supporting tobacco users to quit is core demand-reduction measure of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) and a key component of...

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Global levels of physical inactivity in adults: off track for 2030

This report provides a summary of the main findings from the latest global assessment of levels of physical inactivity globally, regionally and by country...

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Documents

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The background information document on the call to action on electronic cigarettes is an accompanying document to call to action on electronic cigarettes...

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This call to action on e-cigarettes notes that urgent and strong decisive action to prevent uptake of e-cigarettes, which are harmful to health, should...

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Quitting tobacco and related products is hard, but with the right support and tools, you can do it! With professional support and quitting services, tobacco...

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