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NCD Alliance

PODCAST: Oral health takes centre stage

Austria

13 Nov 2024

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 Dr Dympna Kavanagh, Chief Dental Officer for the Republic of Ireland. What they both stress in today’s chat is how the adoption in 2021 of a World Health Assembly resolution flipped the way that most people thought of oral health—primaril...

13 Nov 2024

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World Diabetes Foundation, SolidarMed

Zimbabwean men unite to advocate for diabetes care

Zimbabwe

30 Oct 2024

'We realised it was necessary to form an association. Why? So we could go and motivate our own, which are other men, who live in rural areas,' says Luckson Zanamwe, a member of a diabetes self-support group at Chikombedzi Hospital, Zimbabwe. &nbsp; Luckson's group was formed as part of the&nbsp;'Improving access and quality of diabetes care in rural Zimbabwe'&nbsp;project, funded by WDF....

30 Oct 2024

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World Diabetes Foundation, Helen Keller International

Cambodia’s sprouts of change: healthier futures through safer child nutrition in schools

28 Oct 2024

Imagine travelling across vast fields of rice, when you suddenly find yourself in a schoolyard.&nbsp;A Buddhist pagoda with gardens and ornate shrines stands out, a bit farther from the school in front of you. Built on land donated by the pagoda, the school serves as a learning hub for 450 children in the community. &nbsp; From morning to evening, the schoolyard is animated with the sights a...

28 Oct 2024

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World Diabetes Foundation

Heroes of remote Nepal: Women leading the way to healthier communities

Nepal

25 Oct 2024

Women in Nepal have become promising agents of change, improving control of type 2 diabetes and social trust. Now, a scale-up to rural areas is expanding the role of female community health volunteers in strengthening a vulnerable health system.&nbsp; Although the pilot ended in 2022, it has been five years since WDF’s last visit to Nepal; pandemic restrictions and difficult road access made...

25 Oct 2024

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World Diabetes Foundation

Breaking barriers: Liberia’s journey from modest diabetes clinic to national NCD response

Liberia

24 Oct 2024

A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing. This Liberian proverb seems to embody the progress in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). With WDF funding, Liberia’s first national NCD programme completed this year has been showing how small, consistent actions&nbsp;can&nbsp;drive results in a country in recovery.&nbsp; Home to 5.4 million people, Liberia has endur...

24 Oct 2024

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NIHR, IPCRG, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), WHO

Stakeholder dissemination workshop: Beliefs surrounding the use of inhaled asthma medication in The Gambia.

Gambia

21 Oct 2024

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), World Health Organization For people in low- and middle-income countries living with asthma, controlling their symptoms is often challenging. The lack of national asthma guidelines and diagnostic...

21 Oct 2024

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NCD Alliance

Raise Your Voice: Global Action Week On NCDs

Malawi

21 Oct 2024

"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 fair. NCD Alliance documents daily realities and work of Samuel and Chikhu - two advocates who stand up for their right to health and help change the lives of thousands. Raise Your Voice micro-documentary is an inspiration for those who would l...

21 Oct 2024

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Medicines Patent Pool

Education and access: the key to transforming leukaemia treatment in the Philippines

Philippines

07 Oct 2024

World CML Day: A Story of Hope and Advocacy&nbsp; Despite years of progress, much still needs to be done on access to treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML) in the Philippines. Rod, a dedicated patient advocate, shares his inspiring journey. Nearly 20 years ago, his son was diagnosed with CML at just 9&nbsp; years old. From that moment, Rod embarked on a mission to understand CML...

07 Oct 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

“When you need help, people will come”

Ukraine

27 Sep 2024

Dr Iryna Vlasenko is a Ukrainian pharmacist and Vice President of the International Diabetes Federation. She lives with type 1 diabetes.&nbsp; She remembers her reaction to being told she had diabetes, 31 years ago: “I could not accept my diagnosis. I was a student. I was a very active person in every way, dancing, doing sport. This couldn’t be happening to me, it wasn’t possible. A condi...

27 Sep 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific

Strengthening Minds: Malaysia Strengthens Efforts to Enhance the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents

Malaysia

27 Sep 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health crisis among children and adolescents has become more pronounced globally. In Malaysia, the situation is particularly dire, with the 2022 National Health Morbidity Survey revealing that one in four adolescents is battling depression, and one in ten has reported a suicidal attempt. These alarming statistics highlight the urgent need for target...

27 Sep 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Enhancing HPV vaccination

Lesotho

27 Sep 2024

Maseru&nbsp;– “It was a no-brainer,” says 34-year-old ‘Malihaelo Qhobela of her decision to allow her 13-year-old daughter, Lihaelo, to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) at Soofia International School in Lesotho’s Butha-Buthe District. HPV, a sexually transmitted disease, is the leading cause of cervical cancer, a major health issue in Lesotho. Approximately, 541 wo...

27 Sep 2024

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WHO Regional Office for Africa

Mauritius intensifies efforts to combat tobacco epidemic

Mauritius

27 Sep 2024

Port Louis –&nbsp;Sutrajeet Ghuburrun was 16 when he smoked his first cigarette. Over the next 40 years, the taxi driver from Bel Air, a village in the east of Mauritius, smoked between 15 and 20 cigarettes a day. Although he had long known about the harms of smoking, it was only in 2022, following a coronary angioplasty (a procedure to open narrowed arteries), that he finally quit. He is now mo...

27 Sep 2024

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