Terms of Reference

The Terms of References agreed between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs:

To assist WHO in implementation and evaluation of essential interventions (e.g. Screening and Brief interventions) through developing and pilot testing appropriate tools and supporting their evaluation
To assist WHO in producing systematic reviews and analysis of evidence underpinning recommendations, guidelines, population-level interventions, and NCD prevention policy, in particular with regard to prevention of alcohol and tobacco addiction and the control and management of NCDs

To support WHO's capacity building activities for noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention and control

To assist WHO in implementation and evaluation of essential interventions (e.g. Screening and Brief interventions) through developing and pilot testing appropriate tools and supporting their evaluation
To assist WHO in producing systematic reviews and analysis of evidence underpinning recommendations, guidelines, population-level interventions, and NCD prevention policy, in particular with regard to prevention of alcohol and tobacco addiction and the control and management of NCDs

To assist WHO to collect evidence and use this for a fast-track implementation in Member States

To assist WHO on teaching & training of staff in fast-track implementation of evidence

To assist WHO to conduct research projects to gain further evidence for prevention and control of NCDs