As part of the NCD Alliance Program ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’, the South Africa NCD Alliance is holding a meeting entitled NCDs Health Systems Strengthening Kopano; Kopano being Setswana for meeting, unity, together.

The meeting will take place in Johannesburg and will engage patient advocacy groups, civil society, national and provincial health department officials, trade and professional associations, researchers, and others.

The meeting aims to explore the way in which patient advocates /civil society groups can work with governments (national and provincial); to outline a plan of action for collaboration for the next 3 years; to ensure that NCDs are prioritised in across government and all of society.

NCDs Health Systems Strengthening Kopano will discuss four areas identified in the South African Civil Society NCD Status Report:

- NCD integration at primary healthcare level
- Multisectoral collaboration
- Healthcare personnel training and mobilisation
- Financing for NCDs

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