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Announcements | 13th October 2022
NCD Alliance will produce a Conflict of Interest Toolkit exploring how civil society organisations working on NCDs can better identify, prevent and manage conflict of interest. Take the survey now!
Feature | 11th October 2022
Millions of girls continue to face disadvantages as it relates to their physical and mental health, rights, and education – simply because of their gender.
Announcements | 11th October 2022
This August, 4 Programme alliances from Ghana, India, Mexico, and the Philippines benefited from the 2022 virtual training of the Advocacy Institute’s NCD Prevention Accelerator Programme. After the training, 94% of the participants felt confident about their knowledge of the global and regional NCD prevention landscape and opportunities for advocacy. “I have gained significant insights that would be relevant in our work here with NCDs in the communities” commented a participant from the Healthy Philippines Alliance.
Feature | 06th October 2022
Mental, neurological and substance disorders are a major public health problem with severe economic and health consequences for all of society, and governments must urgently prioritize investment in treating and preventing them. It’s an investment that promises great returns – economically, for our health, and for pandemic preparedness and resilience.
Announcements | 21st September 2022
The Rwanda NCD Alliance has been selected as a recipient of the 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award. The award recognises their work in building multisectoral collaboration on NCDs in Rwanda.
Announcements | 21st September 2022
Every two seconds, a person under the age of 70 dies of an NCD, and 86% of those deaths occur LMICs, says WHO in a new report and accompanying data portal.
Feature | 20th September 2022
South Africa has launched its new NCD strategy, The National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, 2022-2027.In this interview, Dr. Vicki Pinkney-Atkinson is Director of the South African NCD Alliance, which worked with the government over eight years to complete the document discusses the process and results.
Announcements | 20th September 2022
The third series of the NCD Diaries project focuses on the impacts that healthcare providers have had on the journeys of people living with NCDs.