Following a rigorous selection process, the NCD Alliance has selected the following National Implementing Partners to deliver the ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’ program:
- The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) - a member of the World Heart Federation (WHF);
- Alliance for Control of Tobacco Use Brazil (ACT) - a member of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease;
- The newly created South African NCD Alliance (SA NCDA) which brings together the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), Diabetes South Africa (DSA), the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa, the Patient Health Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations (PHANGO), members respectively of UICC, IDF and WHF.
These local partners in each geographical context have a significant track record in NCD advocacy and coalition building. Each will receive support from the NCD Alliance to build networks of action, conduct national level research to monitor progress on NCDs and identify gaps, develop dialogue with governments and other key stakeholders, and advocate for improved NCD policies, programs and health systems strengthening.
As part of ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’, the NCD Alliance will be producing an NCD Advocacy Toolkit to support national advocacy efforts across the world.
The South Africa NCD Alliance recently published a report of a stakeholder meeting held in February. For more information on the meeting, please click here. To download the report, please click here.