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The Healthy Woman: Equipping women in Kenya to tackle obesity, diabetes and hypertension.

The NCD issue The Marindi Sub County Hospital provides primary care for a population of 13,000 in the Homa Bay County of Western K..

Kenya

25 Nov 2022

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HealthSetGo: Building India's largest network of health promoting schools

The NCD issue Childhood obesity is threatening to turn into an epidemic in India, with some 14.4 million children reportedly living with obesity...

India

21 Nov 2022

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¡Juntos+Saludables!: Promoting physical and mental health among children and their families in Chile

The NCD issue Among children in the Municipality of Providencia in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago in Chile, obesity and overw..

Chile

21 Nov 2022

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Juntos Santiago: Mobile technology and gamification to prevent childhood obesity in schools

The NCD issue In Chile, childhood obesity has doubled over the last two decades, and recent studies show that over 50% of pre-scho..

Chile

21 Nov 2022

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Tackling diabetes in children and adolescents in Indonesia: The PEDIA project

The NCD issue Some 1,300 children were estimated to live with type 1 diabetes in Indonesia in 2020, yet their number is believed to be strongly u..

Indonesia

21 Nov 2022

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Jasmine’s breast cancer story and the importance of early diagnosis

“My body knows how to recover. That’s what competitive strength athletics taught me. I’ve realized competing was the practice. Recovering from breast..

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 Oct 2022

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Evolving a people-centred approach to noncommunicable disease (NCD) services in Bhutan

Bhutan launched the Service with Care and Compassion Initiative (SCCI)&nbsp;to plug gaps &amp; improve NCD services. As part of SCCI, all persons vis..

Bhutan

21 Sep 2022

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Addressing inequities in breast cancer treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from a breast cancer surgeon in Nairobi

In sub-Saharan Africa, preventing and treating breast cancer is a pressing public health issue. Breast cancer survival rates five years after diagnosis stand..

Kenya

13 Jul 2022

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Creating an age-friendly, enabling environment for social participation

This feature video story shows how this urban community i..

Japan

05 Jul 2022

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Deploying Emergency Kits for Noncommunicable Diseases, Following the Volcano Eruption in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

On the island of St Vincent, the volcano La Soufriere erupted unexpectedly in April 2021, forcing the urgent displacement of 20,000 inhabitants. This led t..

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

22 Jun 2022

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The double burden of diabetes and social discrimination: Empowering women and girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The NCD issue In many low- and middle-income countries, women and girls living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health conditions ..

Democratic Republic of the Congo

21 May 2022

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Unmasking the drivers of type 2 diabetes through poetry and multimedia: The Bigger Picture public health literacy campaign (United States of America)

The NCD issue Children and adolescents from marginalized communities are at disproportionate risk of noncommunicable diseases. In ..

United States of America

21 May 2022

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