PLOS Global Public Health
People with lived experience of chronic conditions are key epistemic authorities in global health
Article
10 Oct 2025
The report on Patient Stories is published as a ‘living document’ in 2025, timed to be available for the United Nations (UN) High Level Meeting (HLM) on NCDs. At the time of writing, it has 59 stories from 33 countries with representation from all World Health Organization (WHO) regions. Each story is written from a patient’s perspective with support from a GAN investigator or academic co-author.