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VicHealth

VicHealth welcomes findings and recommendations from Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System Final Report

Australia

24 Apr 2021

Health promotion foundation VicHealth has welcomed the final report of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. VicHealth applauds the leadership of courageous Victorians with lived experience whose contribution resulted in crucial recommendations to help rebuild Victoria’s mental health system. For more info, click&nbsp;Access.

24 Apr 2021

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World Diabetes Foundation

India marks first national GDM awareness day

India

24 Apr 2021

India held the world’s first national GDM Awareness Day on March 10 – raising awareness about the link between maternal health and diabetes nationwide, and inviting pregnant women to hospitals and clinics for free screening. Read the full story by clicking below link.

24 Apr 2021

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World Diabetes Foundation

2021 Fundraiser: Prevention of Chronic Disease in Guatemala

Guatemala

24 Apr 2021

WDF's 2021 fundraiser project will reduce diabetes risk factors in Sololá's indigenous communities by targeting the diet and lifestyle decision-makers: women. The project will prevent diabetes in Sololá’s indigenous communities by targeting the community’s diet and lifestyle decision-makers: women. Guatemala’s Sololá region, with its sparkling lake ringed by volcanoes, is exceptiona...

24 Apr 2021

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World Diabetes Foundation

WDF supports development of Indigenous Diabetes Reduction Bond

Canada

26 Mar 2021

Diabetes and its complications are a serious burden for Indigenous communities in Canada. To address this, the Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation (RIIF) today announced plans to create a Diabetes Reduction Bond – an innovative model for designing and financing diabetes interventions in Canada and around the world.&nbsp; The project is supported by a $506,000 (USD) grant from the World Diabete...

26 Mar 2021

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World Health Organization

Reaching Turkey’s health policy goals could avert thousands of deaths says research from WHO/Europe

Turkey

28 Jan 2021

Approximately 20 000 deaths could have been averted in Turkey in 2017 if the country had reached its current goals of reducing tobacco and salt consumption by 30%, and physical inactivity by 10%, according to WHO/Europe experts in an article published in the Lancet. The study calculated possible outcomes of the action plan for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) adopted in the country for 2017–2025....

28 Jan 2021

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World Health Organization

Vanuatu: caring for people with diabetes

Vanuatu

15 Nov 2020

With its population scattered across 83 islands, reaching everyone in Vanuatu who lives with a noncommunicable disease (NCD), such as diabetes, has been both a long-standing ambition and a logistical challenge. To help achieve this goal, WHO has worked with the Government of Vanuatu to introduce a package of interventions to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases through the primary health c...

15 Nov 2020

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World Diabetes Foundation

‘Is that Omondi, who used to be sick?’

Kenya

26 Oct 2020

WDF staff meet people with diabetes worldwide, and each has a story. Here, we introduce Eric Omondi, a young Kenyan with type 1 diabetes. As a kid, Eric had a reputation as ‘the bright one’ in Sirembe, a village in Southwestern Kenya. He was the third-born of seven siblings: curious, earnest and good in school. But in sixth grade he started feeling ill. The symptoms resembled malaria, so...

26 Oct 2020

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World Diabetes Foundation

Armenian diabetes eye care project uses technology to get results

Armenia

26 Oct 2020

In 2016, the Armenian EyeCare Project approached WDF with an ambitious plan for improving diabetes retinopathy (DR) screening and care across their mountainous, landlocked country in the South Caucasus.&nbsp; At the time, the Armenian Ministry of Health was implementing a strategy to prevent diabetes and improve care, but it did not address eye care. The Armenian EyeCare Project (AECP) had coll...

26 Oct 2020

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Nossal Institute for Global Health

Indian Government visit to the University to discuss engagement in disability

26 Oct 2020

This week Chancellery International hosted an official delegation from the Indian Government to further develop the University’s work with India around disability. &nbsp; The delegation was led by Joint Secretary Tarika Roy from the Department of Empowerment of People with Disability (DEPWD), Government of India. &nbsp;

26 Oct 2020

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NCD Alliance

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

Sri Lanka

26 Oct 2020

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 experienced a shortage in the supply of essential medicines and NCD Alliance Lanka mobilised their network to assess the needs and ensure people living with Type 1 diabetes in the country continue to access their life-saving treatment.

26 Oct 2020

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NCD Alliance

Kenyan advocates call government to put people living with NCDs at the centre of COVID-19 response

Kenya

25 Oct 2020

Kenyan advocates call the government to put people living with NCDs at the centre of COVID-19 response.

25 Oct 2020

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Movendi

Pakistan: Booze Battle Amid Ramadan and COVID-19

Pakistan

23 Oct 2020

A majority Muslim country, Pakistan does not allow consumption of alcohol for Muslims due to religious reasons. Regulations are specifically tightened during Ramadan season, a holy month for Muslims. The liquor shops in Pakistan which are open to sell alcohol to non-Muslims and foreigners are also closed during the Ramadan season. The largest legal supplier of alcohol in the country is the Murree...

23 Oct 2020

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