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NCD Alliance

PODCAST: Oral health takes centre stage

In this episode we’re talking about oral health and noncommunicable diseases, or NCDs, with Dr Greg Chadwick, President of FDI World Dental Federation, and..

Austria

13 Nov 2024

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NCD Alliance

Raise Your Voice: Global Action Week On NCDs

"When I speak, I shake the walls," says Chikhu, a person living with a chronic disease. In Malawi, access to NCD care is not always there and is not always f..

Malawi

21 Oct 2024

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NCD Alliance

NGOs and local governments in Nepal team up to deliver health services in remote areas

NGOs and local governments are filling the gaps left by the national health systems in Nepal, especially in rural areas. As the demand for independent mobile..

Nepal

26 Sep 2024

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NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation

Jordan puts NCDs at heart of UHC and humanitarian response

Jordan’s government and civil society are stepping up action to strengthen NCD prevention and care, working together as part of their commitment to Univers..

Jordan

08 May 2024

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NCD Alliance, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Kenya: One country, multiple approaches

Kenya is a country where multiple humanitarian emergencies exist simultaneously. Some of these emergencies are protracted: longstanding conflicts in South Su..

Kenya

01 Feb 2024

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NCD Alliance

Action on Cancer: World Against Cancer

A survey was conducted first in Ukrain neighbouring host countries and then in Ukrain in order to assess&nbsp;cancer needs.&nbsp;It is clear that the war sig..

Ukraine

22 Jan 2024

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NCD Alliance

Action on Diabetes: The private sector and NGOs

Prevalence of diabetes among the adult population in Ukraine is over 7%, and reduced access to appropriate diabetes care was quickly identified as a health c..

Ukraine

22 Jan 2024

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NCD Alliance

NCD voices inform India’s programme for NCD prevention and control

In this feature, the Healthy India Alliance (HIA) shares the importance of meaningful involvement in tackling noncommunicable diseases in India’s N..

India

22 Nov 2023

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NCD Alliance

People living with NCDs are front and centre of the NCD response in the Philippines

Human rights and social justice, NCD care, prevention and meaningful involvement dominated the discussions in the Philippines this October, as the fo..

Philippines

07 Nov 2023

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NCD Alliance

The Philippines national NCD investment (NCDA EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS Series)

The investment approach taken by UN agencies WHO, UNDP, and the UN Inter-agency Task Force on NCDs is crucial in generating needed whole-of-government buy-in..

Philippines

09 Oct 2023

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NCD Alliance

Civil society and government join forces to accelerate cancer care for women in Rwanda

Rwanda - a regional leader in Universal Health Coverage - is helping women to detect and treat breast and cervical cancer earlier as part of government and c..

Rwanda

14 May 2023

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NCD Alliance

Young leaders mobilise during lockdown in Sri Lanka to deliver life-saving treatment

The COVID19 pandemic has not spared Sri Lanka and the government imposed a curfew for the entire territory on 20 March 2020. After a week, health facilities ..

Sri Lanka

26 Oct 2020

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