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SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Scaling up strategy for non-communicable diseases prevention and control

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25 Oct 2023

Policy brief by the consortium scaling-up non-communicable diseases interventions in Southeast Asia. The document shares lessons learned from scaling up activities with regard to health promotion, screening and early detection of NCDs. It emphasises that besides increasing coverage and package of services also painting quality is essential to achieve sustainable results. It is necessary to develop...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesPhysical inactivityTobacco use+1

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SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Strengthening primary health care: the key to tackling non-communicable diseases and achieving universal health coverage and healthy ageing

Briefs & Fact Sheets

25 Oct 2023

Policy brief of the research project Scaling Up NCD Interventions in Southeast Asia. This policy brief describes comprehensive actions to improve community-based healthcare and primary healthcare, to improve screening, early diagnosis and treatment of NCDs. There are different strategies possible, working with community groups and working with outreach programmes to involve people in prevention of...

Briefs & Fact SheetsCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesPhysical inactivityTobacco use+1

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08 Nov 2021

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

The cultural sensitivities of salt reduction

Facing Forward is a series of 25 short films and 10 articles from Lebanon, Ghana, Guinea, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Kenya, Thailand and the Pacific Islands, amongst other countries. The series aims to raise awareness of NCDs and highlight the stories of people who are living with them across the globe, as well as those of the communities, institutions and organisations who are leading the way to...

08 Nov 2021

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

New policy brief: Advocacy and policy to tackle multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries

Briefs & Fact Sheets

09 Apr 2021

A recent policy brief produced by the GACD Multimorbidity Working Group highlights the evidence and practice gaps related to multimorbidity in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The objective of the policy brief is to provide funders and policymakers with the evidence and actions needed to tackle the burden of multimorbidity in LMICs. For more, click Access.

Briefs & Fact SheetsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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23 Oct 2020

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

GACD and COVID-19

The pandemic of COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, bringing with it significant uncertainty. At GACD we are particularly concerned to note that those living with chronic non-communicable diseases are more vulnerable to COVID-19 and at much higher risk of severe disease. Read more here.

23 Oct 2020

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23 Oct 2020

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) joins GACD

GACD as an alliance of international public funding agencies supporting research activities intended to improve the prevention and treatment of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, mental ill-health and cancers. GACD focusses on the needs of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and key vulnerable populations, where 80% of death...

23 Oct 2020

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23 Oct 2020

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Tackling disparities in treating depression in low- and middle-income countries

The GACD Mental Health Guidelines Working Group, led by Yena Lee and Dr Roger McIntyre at the University of Toronto, aimed to characterise the development and implementation of CPGs for managing major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. Read more here.

23 Oct 2020

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23 Oct 2020

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Workshop on the evaluation of scale-up of health systems interventions: what and how? Lessons for scale-up projects

Two GACD funded projects supported in the 2018 GACD Scale Up Call are leading a workshop event at the upcoming World Congress on Public Health 2020 (12-16 October). The two projects SCUBY and SUNI-SEA are investigating scale up of diabetes and hypertension care and scaling up NCD interventions in South-East Asia, respectively. Read more here.

23 Oct 2020

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23 Oct 2020

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Reviewing multimorbidity outcome measures suitable for low-income and middle-income country settings

Multimorbidity describes cases where patients have two or more chronic physical or mental health conditions at the same time. It is typically challenging to measure multimorbidity outcomes because patients will present with different clusters of diseases. The review responds to the growing burden of multimorbidity in LMICs. This review also aims to address concerns among funders about the viabilit...

23 Oct 2020

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