In preparation for the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs, the NCD Alliance Nigeria has proactively continued to inform and interact with stakeholders at high levels of Government, National Media and partners in the West African region.

In the month of May, NCD Alliance Nigeria team visited the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole to interact with him on the country's plan for the forthcoming UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in September 2018. The minister assured the advocates that he will personally convey a letter from the NCD Alliance Nigeria to President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, which encourages him to engage in the 2018 UN HLM on NCDs.

In continuation, in June 2018 a delegation of NCD Alliance Nigeria representatives visited the Presidency, Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and had interactions with the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire with focus on NCDs.

On further advocacy consultations for the forthcoming UN High-Level Meeting, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, pledged her support for the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs given that NCDs have now been included in the SDGs. She further pledged to follow her support with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria and other line Ministries and development partners on NCDs.

An advocacy visit was also made to the office of the Executive Director (News), Nigerian Television Authority Headquarters Abuja, where the team was received by Mallam Mallam Aliyu Baba Barau. He demonstrated his wide knowledge about the increasing prevalence of NCDs in Nigeria especially heart attacks, stroke, and cancer. He pledged to promote the dissemination of information on NCDs to the population.

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Executive Director, NCD Alliance Nigeria, Prof Sani Malami making a presentation on the NCDs CSOs Workplan towards the UN High Level Mission to the Honourable Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole.

Presentation of Implementation of the SDGs: A National Voluntary Review by Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire to the Vice President, Dr. Kingsley Akinroye

Honourable Minister of Health receiving UNHLM 2018 letter from NCD Alliance Nigeria President, Olorogun Dr Sonny Kuku (OFR) Nigeria

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Building and sustaining civil society coalitions for effective NCD advocacy

19th January 2024

The main objective of this training is to develop and strengthen the skills and knowledge of advocates and NCD alliances in coalition building to achieve advocacy goals and objectives. The training will leverage existing Advocacy Institute resources regarding building effective alliances as well as strategic advocacy planning. The training will allow for fruitful experience sharing between participants navigating within different national and regional contexts.
The moment for caring: How can NCD Alliance members build momentum ahead of the Global Week for Action?

22nd June 2023

This workshop brought together and mobilised roughly 75 members of the NCD Alliance network as we campaign together towards the annual Global Week for Action campaign, with the 2023 theme of Bridging the NCD care gap. It provided an overview of the Universal Health Coverage advocacy landscape, explored members’ current advocacy efforts towards closing the NCD care gap and achieving UHC and how they are adapting GW4A UHC Advocacy Priorities and Asks to support their work in country and provided member-led guidance on ways to carry out advocacy campaigning adapted to local contexts and aimed at key stakeholder groups. It combined the audiences of the three Peer Learning Advocacy Networks (PLANs) and the Advocacy Institute participating alliances.
Digital practical guide to advocacy will strengthen civil society action for noncommunicable diseases

11th May 2023

NCDA has launched a digital version of its Practical Guide to Strategic Advocacy Planning that includes videos, tools and case studies to support civil society action for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
Grant Writing and Project Management - Session 3

24th January 2023

This virtual training aimed to introduce alliances in the Advocacy Institute seed programme to project cycle management and grant proposal writing practices to efficiently and timely respond to funding opportunities when they arise. Session 3 focused on project implementation, specifically the delivery phase. It will introduce theory, tools and templates for effective work management and team communication. We will also discuss project evaluation and closure, with a focus on sustainability.
Grant Writing and Project Management - Session 2

20th December 2022

This virtual training aimed to introduce alliances in the Advocacy Institute seed programme to project cycle management and grant proposal writing practices to efficiently and timely respond to funding opportunities when they arise. Session 2 focused on project planning, specifically the inception phase. It covered the key preparations for work plans, resources, and staff that need to be made during the planning period. It also focused on defining key outcomes, outputs, and criteria of success and the monitoring and evaluation systems for tracking work progress.