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Meeting local needs, contextualizing interventions, and scaling effective programmes across regions and countries: Read how Member States and partners leverage multisectoral collaboration and engage stakeholders to co-designand scale evidence-informed and effective NCD prevention and control.

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Integrating NCD and HIV care in Ghana through implementation research

World Health Organization

Integrating NCD and HIV care in Ghana through implementation research

In Sub-Saharan Africa, many countries face a double disease burden with high HIV prevalence and a rise in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as d..

Ghana

17 Apr 2024
Strengthening collaborative linkages for better NCD Interventions in Indonesia

SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Strengthening collaborative linkages for better NCD Interventions in Indonesia

Experiences with Posbindu The increasing trends of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the world, including Indonesia, require targeted a..

Indonesia

04 Apr 2024
Strengthening synergy between primary healthcare providers and communities for prevention and control of hypertension and diabetes in Vietnam

SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Strengthening synergy between primary healthcare providers and communities for prevention and control of hypertension and diabetes in Vietnam

Background As one of the world’s fastest ageing populations, but with a relatively low per capita income, Vietnam faces numerous challe..

Viet Nam

04 Apr 2024
World Children's Day at CWMH, Fiji 2023

CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours)

World Children's Day at CWMH, Fiji 2023

Introduction World Children’s Day (20th November) is an annual day to mark the celebration and recognition of children across the world..

Fiji

25 Mar 2024
World Children's Day at CWMH, Fiji 2023

CAH Community, NCD Child

World Children's Day at CWMH, Fiji 2023

This report shares stories and insights from the World Children's Day celebrations held at Suva's Colonial War Memorial Hospital on 24 November 202..

Fiji

22 Mar 2024
Improving adherence to heart disease medicines in India. An implementation research story

World Health Organization

Improving adherence to heart disease medicines in India. An implementation research story

Cardiovascular diseases pose a global health challenge. India is one country tackling high prevalence of coronary artery disease, a health conditio..

India

11 Mar 2024
Colombia drives change for children living with NCDs!

CLAN (Caring & Living As Neighbours)

Colombia drives change for children living with NCDs!

It is estimated that one in four children live with a non-communicable disease (NCD). On 10 March 2024, one childhood NCD Community in Colo..

Colombia

10 Mar 2024
Türkiye-Syria: Protecting the overlooked and vulnerable in the wake of the earthquakes

WHO Regional Office for Europe

Türkiye-Syria: Protecting the overlooked and vulnerable in the wake of the earthquakes

How do health workers respond when a massive earthquake hits the city they live in? What is the immediate response and what comes second? What is t..

Syrian Arab Republic

01 Mar 2024
Legislative agenda setting, development and approval of national legislation to require front-of-package warning labels to regulate the marketing of processed and ultraprocessed food and drink products

World Health Organization

Legislative agenda setting, development and approval of national legislation to require front-of-package warning labels to regulate the marketing of processed and ultraprocessed food and drink products

Argentina has a growing prevalence of overweight and obesity associated with unhealthy diet- related diseases affecting all age groups 1. This has ..

Argentina

15 Feb 2024
An efficient approach to fulfill comprehensive data needs for NCDs through an integrated survey in Timor-Leste

World Health Organization

An efficient approach to fulfill comprehensive data needs for NCDs through an integrated survey in Timor-Leste

NCDs, risk factors, and domains such as nutrition require periodic large-scale household-based surveys using representative samples of relevant pop..

Timor-Leste

11 Feb 2024
Managing cancer pain for a better life: a story from the Republic of Moldova

World Health Organization

Managing cancer pain for a better life: a story from the Republic of Moldova

When Dr Liliana Voloceai prescribed opioids to treat pain – or “narcotics” as they are widely called in the Republic of Moldova –..

Republic of Moldova

05 Feb 2024
Shining light in the darkness: palliative care in a Danish hospice

World Health Organization

Shining light in the darkness: palliative care in a Danish hospice

Arresødal, located in the northern part of Zealand, takes its name from the nearby lake, Arresø – the Danish word “sø” meaning l..

Denmark

02 Feb 2024
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