Burkina Faso NCDI Poverty Commission Convenes for Situation Analysis Meeting
/Members of the Burkina Faso NCDI Poverty Commission recently met in Ouagadougou to review national NCDI data as part of an initial situation analysis.
Read MoreMembers of the Burkina Faso NCDI Poverty Commission recently met in Ouagadougou to review national NCDI data as part of an initial situation analysis.
Read MoreMembers of the Cameroon NCDI Poverty Commission met in Yaounde on May 10 to review the results of their situation analysis and priority-setting work on the country’s noncommunicable disease burden.
Read MoreThe stark realities of living with severe noncommunicable diseases in extreme poverty became clear to members of the High-Level Advisory Group of the PEN-Plus Partnership when they convened in Mozambique in March to discuss strategies for supporting initiation and scale-up of PEN-Plus in resource-poor countries.
Read MoreA commentary published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology in early May showcases the power of PEN-Plus and the PEN-Plus Partnership to bring lifesaving care for severe, chronic NCDs to first-level hospitals in poor, rural areas of lower-income countries.
Read MoreAccess to care for back pain, food insecurity, and abnormal vaginal bleeding. Overcoming the barriers to care posed by the high costs of transportation to clinic and missing work. Care delivered in a way that respects both dignity and privacy. Those are some of the top health care priorities identified by women in rural Rwanda in a study published recently in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Read MoreThe Cambodia NCDI Poverty Commission took a big step earlier this month by reviewing key findings of the situation analysis and conducting a workshop to form recommendations on which non-communicable conditions and interventions to prioritize based on burden, severity, and equity.
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