Stories from the field: sharing successful strategies from the Eastern Mediterranean Region in mitigating noncommunicable diseases and mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond
Publication date: 2023
This publication concentrates on unpublished accounts of what Eastern Mediterranean Region countries have done to address noncommunicable diseases and mental health issues, both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is not to give a complete picture of each country’s overall strategy, but to share knowledge and experience with other countries around the world as we confront the global challenges of mental health and NCDs.
Alcohol and COVID-19
Alcohol and COVID-19: what you need to know
Excessive screen use and COVID-19
Excessive screen use and gaming considerations during #COVID19
Infographic 1 English | Arabic
Infographic 2 English | Arabic
Mental health and COVID-19
Basic psychosocial skills: a guide for COVID-19 responders
Guide English
Coping with stress during the 2019-nCoV outbreak
COVID 19: 24/7 parenting
Factsheet English | Arabic | French
COVID-19: focus on persons deprived of their liberty
Interim guidance English
Doing what matters in times of stress: an illustrated guide
Illustrated guide English
Frontline workers and COVID-19: coping with stress
Web story English
Helping children cope with stress during 2019-nCoV outbreak
Helping frontline workers cope with stress during COVID-19: actions for peers
Web story English
Helping frontline workers cope with stress during COVID-19: actions for team leads
Web story English
Interim briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 outbreak
Interim briefing English | Arabic | French
Mental health and psychosocial considerations during COVID-19 outbreak
Considerations English | Arabic
My hero is you, storybook for children on COVID-19
Storybook English | Arabic | French
Remote psychological first aid during the COVID-19 outbreak
Interim guidelines English
Social stigma associated with COVID-19
NCDs and COVID-19
NCDs and COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Web story English
Infographic 1 English | Arabic
Infographic 2 English | Arabic
Infographic 3 English | Arabic
Rapid assessment of service delivery for NCDs during COVID-19
Web story English
Preliminary survey results English
Nutrition and COVID-19
Breastfeeding advice during the COVID-19 outbreak
Feeding babies and young children during the COVID-19 outbreak
Food crisis likely to worsen in the Middle East and North Africa as COVID 19 continues
Nutrition advice for adults during the COVID-19 outbreak
Substance use and COVID-19
Substance use considerations during #COVID19
Tobacco and COVID-19
Why should you quit and stay off tobacco and vaping during COVID-19 and always?
Animated GIF English | Arabic
Give up heated tobacco products during COVID-19 and always
Animated GIF English | Arabic
Don’t vape during COVID-19 and always
Animated GIF English | Arabic
Advancing tobacco control during the COVID-19 pandemic
Web story English
Country tobacco control activities during COVID-19
Web stories English
Don’t smoke or vape during Eid and always
Social cards (7) English | Arabic
Post COVID-19: banning tobacco and e-cigarettes in public places is a public health must
Web story English
Smoking and vaping increases your chances of developing a severe case of COVID-19
Social cards (7) English | Arabic
Tobacco and waterpipe use increase the risk of suffering from COVID-19