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World Diabetes Foundation, Annals of Global Health

National NonCommunicable Diseases Conferences- A Platform to Inform Policies and Practices in Tanzania

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27 May 2024

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arise from diverse risk factors with differences in the contexts and variabilities in regions and countries. Addressing such a complex challenge requires local evidence. Tanzania has been convening stakeholders every...

ArticleBriefs & Fact SheetsDiabetes

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Tanzania Diabetes Association, Tanzania NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation

Tanzania Merges HIV and Diabetes Care to Tackle NCD Crisis

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08 May 2024

Non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes have emerged as serious health crises in developing countries, as HIV was a decade ago. New models of primary health care that combine NCD and HIV care are catching on – and Tanzania is imple...

ArticleDiabetesAccess to essential medicines and servicesCommunicable diseasesHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+3

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BMJ, Thorax

Availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross sectional study

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07 May 2024

Contemporary data on the availability, cost and affordability of essential medicines for chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) across low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are missing, despite most people with CRDs living in LMICs. Cross-secti...

ArticleChronic Respiratory DiseasesMultisectoral ActionAccess to essential medicines and services+1

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Palliative Medicine

Primary palliative care in low- and middle- income countries: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the evidence for models and outcomes.

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01 May 2024

What is already known about this topic?•• &nbsp;Serious health-related suffering is predicted to more than double in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by 2060.•• &nbsp;Primary care is ‘widely regarded as the most inclusive, equitable...

ArticlePublicationCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingPrimary health care+6

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International Pediatric Association (IPA)

Experiences and Challenges with Congenital Hypothyroidism Newborn Screening in Indonesia: A National Cross-Sectional Survey

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28 Mar 2024

The expansion of newborn screening (NBS) for congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is essential to reducing the number of preventable intellectual disabilities in children. Because of logistical issues, including geographic extremes, distinct cultures, and...

ArticlePublicationHealth system strengthening, including governance and financingMaternal, newborn, child and adolescent healthPrimary health care+2

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International Pediatric Association (IPA)

Availability and access to pediatric diabetes care: a global descriptive study

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28 Mar 2024

A decade since the discovery of insulin, the increasing prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) has underscored the prevailing inequalities in the provision of essential care for T1DM worldwide. However, the details on the availability of insul...

ArticlePublicationDiabetesHealth promotionHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+2

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International Pediatric Association (IPA)

Childhood Obesity as a Global Problem: a Cross-sectional Survey on Global Awareness and National Program Implementation

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28 Mar 2024

The rising global epidemic of childhood obesity is a major public health challenge. Despite the urgency, there is a lack of data on the awareness and implementation of preventative measures. The aim of this study was to identify areas for improvement...

ArticlePublicationDiabetesHealth promotionNutrition and food safety+2

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BMC Palliative Care

Palliative care progress in Benin: a situation analysis using the WHO development indicators

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13 Mar 2024

This article describes the first macro-level assessment of the status of palliative care development in Benin. A set of indicators adopted by the World Health Organization has enabled an understanding of the gaps in education, essential medicines, an...

ArticleCancerCardiovascular DiseaseChronic Respiratory DiseasesDiabetesMental Health and Neurological ConditionsHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing+4
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International Society of Nephrology

An update on the global disparities in kidney disease burden and care across world countries and regions

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10 Mar 2024

Since 2015, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) has spearheaded multinational efforts to understand the status and capacity of countries to provide optimal kidney care, particularly in low-resource sett...

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International Society of Nephrology

Global variations in funding and use of hemodialysis accesses: an international report using the ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas

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10 Mar 2024

There is a lack of contemporary data describing global variations in vascular access for hemodialysis (HD). We used the third iteration of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) to highlight differences in fundi...

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Journal of Patient Experience

Meaningful Engagement of People Living With Noncommunicable Diseases: Challenges and Opportunities

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08 Feb 2024

Meaningful engagement of people living with health conditions means actively incorporating them in all stages of health decision-making. Despite efforts by global health agencies and governments towards meaningful engagement of people living with non...

ArticleCardiovascular DiseaseDiabetesCancerChronic Respiratory DiseasesMental Health and Neurological Conditions+3

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BMJ Global Health

Strengthening evidence to inform health systems: opportunities for the WHO and partners to accelerate progress on non-communicable diseases

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10 Oct 2023

The World Health Assembly endorsed the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) 2013–2020 (NCD-GAP), now extended to 2030. An evaluation of the NCD-GAP, published in 2020, found that research has been th...

ArticleHealth system strengthening, including governance and financing

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