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Towards equitable NCD care in India
12th December 2024
India has the world’s largest health insurance scheme, launched in September 2018. Despite this important step, the achievement of health equity is a way away and calls for concerted action.
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NCD Alliance partner Access Accelerated highlights progress made in six-year report
24th May 2023
Access Accelerated, a collective of leading biopharmaceutical and life science companies dedicated to confronting the growing global NCD crisis, announced the release of a six-year report.
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Health equity, including care for NCDs, eludes people living with disabilities
12th December 2022
The number of people globally living with disabilities continues to grow but their ability to access healthcare, including prevention and treatment for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has not greatly improved in the past decade, says a new World Health Organization (WHO) report.
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Tanzania and Guinea take action against diabetes
14th November 2022
Diabetes rates are skyrocketing around the world – especially in low- and middle-income – but this disease can often be prevented. Tanzania and Guinea are taking actions to reduce the prevalence of diabetes and other chronic diseases.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic expands, our understanding of who is most at risk is changing
18th May 2020
COVID-19 transmission risk intersects with chronic illness, demographics and economics to produce well-defined landscapes of social vulnerability to the pandemic. Read new blog from Direct Relief.