chronic diseases
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Advocacy Institute supports civil society to drive action on NCD prevention
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.
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Invest to protect populations from tobacco: An industry of death and disease
27th September 2022
Governments need to protect people from tobacco and the aggressive marketing strategies used by the tobacco industry.
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Rwanda NCD Alliance receives prestigious Primary Health Care Award
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.
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INTERVIEW: The story behind South Africa's new NCD strategy
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.