Knowledge Action Portal on NCDs

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Empowering people with diabetes in South Africa through the GREAT project

South Africa

25 Sep 2025

Type 2 diabetes affects the lives of one in four South Africans over the age of 45, placing a heavy burden on families and communities. Beyond the costs of routine care, diabetes complications such as stroke, heart attacks, kidney failure, nerve damage, amputations and blindness perpetuate cycles of poverty and strain already overburdened health services. Today, Type 2 diabetes is the leading caus...

25 Sep 2025

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

The Friendship Bench: Bridging Zimbabwe’s mental health treatment gap

Zimbabwe

01 May 2025

Globally, millions of people are suffering with mental health conditions and have no access to evidence-based interventions. The Friendship Bench (FB) is a successful programme that was developed in Zimbabwe in 2006 to bridge this gap. FB uses a task-shifting approach to support those dealing with “kufungisisa”, a term locally understood as an equivalent of anxiety and depression. Community he...

01 May 2025

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19 Feb 2025

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Scaling up the Community Health Assessment Program in the Philippines (CHAP-P): Preventing hypertension and diabetes through primary healthcare

The Philippines, like many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), experience high prevalence rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) especially hypertension, diabetes and their associated complications. About 90% of the population are at risk of developing these conditions, posing significant challenges to the health system. Due to geographical and cultural diversity, access to health service...

19 Feb 2025

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19 Feb 2025

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Scaling-up community-led diabetes and NCD awareness and response in Bangladesh

Between 2016 and 2019, the DMagic (Diabetes Mellitus Action through community Groups or mHealth Information for better Control) project revealed a huge burden of diabetes risk in rural Bangladesh. It showed that a Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) method of community mobilisation directed at the general population significantly increased diabetes knowledge and awareness and resulted in large...

19 Feb 2025

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19 Feb 2025

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Transforming diabetes management in China through mobile health

The growing prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), particularly in low- and middle-income countries, poses significant healthcare challenges. China faces immense healthcare burdens despite the government’s efforts through the Basic Public Health Service (BPHS) programme. Diabetes-related healthcare costs in China are expected to rise from $250.2 billion to $460.4 billion between 2020 and...

19 Feb 2025

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19 Feb 2025

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Scaling up an mHealth-based school education programme to reduce salt intake in China

Excessive salt intake is the leading dietary risk factor for premature death and disability in China. Strategies such as setting maximum sodium targets and front-of-package labelling have proven effective in reducing salt intake, but these approaches are mainly suitable for pre-packaged food products. Although discretionary salt use during cooking or at the table remains the major source of dietar...

19 Feb 2025

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), The Depression Cohort in China

Transforming Mental Health: Standardising the treatment, prevention, and management of depression in China

04 Sep 2024

Depression, characterised by persistent low mood or loss of pleasure or interest in activities for long periods of time, has become a major public health problem especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Early screening for depressive symptoms and timely identification of depressive disorders may improve health outcomes for affected individuals and the cost-effectiveness of mental he...

04 Sep 2024

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

Strengthening collaboration between healthcare providers and communities for hypertension and diabetes prevention and control in Vietnam

Viet Nam

28 Aug 2024

As one of the world's ageing population, Vietnam faces many challenges in community healthcare despite its relatively low per capita income. In 2019, NCDs accounted for 73.7% of Vietnam's total disease burden and mortality nationwide.&nbsp; &nbsp; The Scaling-Up NCD interventions in South-East Asia (SUNI-SEA) project developed a comprehensive approach, linking community groups, primary healt...

28 Aug 2024

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), SCUBY

Driving Change: Scaling up an integrated care package for diabetes and hypertension in Cambodia, Slovenia and Belgium

Belgium

06 Jun 2024

The global prevalence of 9% for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and 31% for hypertension (HT) reflects the dominance of these two conditions in the global burden of disease. Effective interventions for prevention, detection, and management of both conditions are available, but do not reach all people in need as many countries struggle to scale up interventions effectively and sustainably.&nbsp; The&nbsp;...

06 Jun 2024

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

Strengthening collaborative efforts for improved NCD Interventions in Indonesia

28 May 2024

The increasing rate of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Indonesia requires targeted and specific primary and secondary prevention. Nearly one-third of adults in Indonesia have hypertension, yet less than 30% are aware of their hypertension status, and only 47% of people with diabetes are aware of their diabetes status. Therefore, screening for hypertension and diabetes is important to address t...

28 May 2024

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

Strengthening collaborative linkages for better NCD Interventions in Indonesia

Indonesia

04 Apr 2024

Experiences with Posbindu The increasing trends of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the world, including Indonesia, require targeted and specific primary and secondary prevention [1,2].&nbsp;&nbsp;Almost 1 in 3 adults in Indonesia has hypertension, but only less than 30% is aware of the hypertension status, and only 47% of people with Diabetes is aware of the diabetes status [3]. Therefore,...

04 Apr 2024

<!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: ▪️ field--node--title--news-and-events.html.twig ✅ field--node--title.html.twig ▪️ field--node--news-and-events.html.twig ▪️ field--title.html.twig ▪️ field--string.html.twig ▪️ field.html.twig --> <!-- 💡 BEGIN CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> Strengthening synergy between primary healthcare providers and communities for prevention and control of hypertension and diabetes in Vietnam <!-- END CUSTOM TEMPLATE OUTPUT from 'themes/custom/whokap/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' -->

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

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

Viet Nam

04 Apr 2024

Background As one of the world’s fastest ageing populations, but with a relatively low per capita income, Vietnam faces numerous challenges in community healthcare, especially in the area of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In 2019, NCDs accounted for 73.7 percent of Vietnam’s total disease burden and mortality nationwide. Among NCDs, hypertension and diabetes mellitus are the most prevalen...

04 Apr 2024

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