Editing World Health Organization (section)

====Non-communicable diseases====
One of the thirteen WHO priority areas is aimed at the prevention and reduction of "disease, disability and premature deaths from chronic [[noncommunicable disease]]s, [[mental disorder]]s, violence and [[injury prevention|injuries]], and [[visual impairment]] which are collectively responsible for almost 71% of all deaths worldwide".<ref name="WHO"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/en/ |title=WHO Violence and Injury Prevention |publisher=Who.int |access-date=9 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221105509/http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/en/ |archive-date=21 February 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Noncommunicable diseases |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=17 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017233123/https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/noncommunicable-diseases |url-status=live}}</ref> The Division of Noncommunicable Diseases for Promoting Health through the Reproductive Health has published the magazine, ''Entre Nous'', across Europe since 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Entre Nous |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715203751/http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Life-stages/sexual-and-reproductive-health/publications/entre-nous/entre-nous |archive-date=15 July 2017 |url=http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/Life-stages/sexual-and-reproductive-health/publications/entre-nous/entre-nous |website=euro.who.int |publisher=WHO/Europe |oclc=782375711}}</ref>

WHO is mandated under two of the [[United Nations drug control conventions|international drug control conventions]] ([[Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs|Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961]] and [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]], 1971) to carry out scientific assessments of substances for international [[Drug policy|drug control]]. Through the [[WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD)]], it can recommend changes to scheduling of substances to the [[United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Expert Committee on Drug Dependence |title=[Flyer] WHO's role under the international drug control conventions |url=https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/controlled-substances/whos-role-in-intl-drug-system-flyer.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522210526/https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/controlled-substances/whos-role-in-intl-drug-system-flyer.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2021 |publisher=World Health Organization |publication-place=Geneva |access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> The ECDD is in charge of evaluating "the impact of psychoactive substances on public health" and "their dependence producing properties and potential harm to health, as well as considering their potential medical benefits and therapeutic applications."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Role of the WHO under International Drug Control Conventions |url=https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/role-of-the-WHO-under-international-drug-control-conventions |access-date=22 May 2021 |website=World Health Organization |language=en}}</ref>