Policy briefs are developed through a multistakeholder, interdisciplinary consultative process that ensures diverse expertise and lived experiences inform our positions. The policy briefs shape our advocacy, inform our programs, and influence our policy across communicable and non communicable diseases as well as environmental health. Aligned with our mission, the policy briefs serve as strategic tools for Fast-Track Health to accelerate progress towards achieving the health-related SDGs.

Communicable Diseases

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

Management of Communicable
Diseases to Achieve WHO Targets

HEPATITIS C

Achieving Hepatitis C Virus Elimination
Aligned with SDG 3.3 and WHO Targets

HEPATITIS B

Prevention, Treatment, and Management
of Hepatitis B Virus in Relation to WHO Goals

HPV/CERVICAL CANCER

HPV and Cervical Cancer Elimination in
Alignment with WHO’s Strategy

HIV/AIDS

Ending AIDS as a Public Health
Threat by 2030

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance to Support        Global Health Goals

VACCINE ACCESS

Expanding Vaccine Access for Everyone, Everywhere at Every Age

TUBERCULOSIS

Advancing Tuberculosis Control Aligned with SDG 3.3 and WHO Goals

Non-Communicable Diseases

DIABETES

Seizing Opportunities to Achieve
the WHO Global Diabetes Goals

NCDs

Management of Non-Communicable
Diseases to Achieve WHO Targets

CHRONIC CONDITIONS

Prevention, Treatment, and
Management of Chronic Conditions

MENTAL HEALTH

Addressing Mental Health Conditions
to Achieve WHO Mental Health Goals

SMOKING/LUNG HEALTH

Supporting Smoking and Vaping Cessation to Promote Lung Health

OBESITY

                   Tackling Obesity in Line with                     WHO and Global Health Goals

Women’s Health

WOMEN’S HEALTH

Women’s Health as a Cornerstone of Achieving Universal Health Coverage

MENOPAUSE

                    Breaking the Silence on Menopause                         and Midlife Health Needs

SRHR

Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Across the Life Course

Health Systems and Equity

HEALTH EQUITY

Achieving Health Equity within the Context
of the Right to Health and Wellbeing for All

UHC

Advancing Universal Health Coverage to
Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY

Strengthening Global Health Security
as a Win-Win Proposition

HEALTH SURVEILLANCE

Strengthening Health Surveillance
Systems for Disease Outbreaks

RURAL HEALTH

Advancing Rural Health Equity in
Relation to Global Health Goals

STREET MEDICINE

                        Using Street Medicine to Reach                          Highly Marginalized Populations

Climate Change and Health

CLIMATE CHANGE

Health Promotion and Resilience
in the Context of Climate Change

RESPIRATORY HEALTH

Mitigating Climate-Related Impacts on Pulmonary and Respiratory Health

TEMPERATURE EXTREMES

Addressing Direct and Indirect Health Impacts of Temperature Extremees

Health Innovation and Financing

HEALTH AI

Integrating AI into Health Systems to
Achieve the Health-Related SDGs

HEALTH FINANCING

Innovative Health Financing to
Achieve Global Health Goals

HEALING INTERFACES

Regenerative and Wearable Medicine in Advancing Optimized Health Outcomes

Food, Nutrition, and Longevity

FOOD AND NUTRITION

Advancing Food and Nutrition
Policies for Public Health

HEALTH LONGEVITY

Pathways to Health Longevity through
Lifelong Health and Well-Being Strategies

HEALTHY AGING

Promoting Healthy Aging Aligned with WHO and Global Health Goals