From 29 July - 1 August, 2019, The WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) held a consultation to discuss the complimentary non communicable disease (NCD) package called Pen Plus. Pen Plus incorporates integrated care teams to tackle NCDs at the primary care level. WHO Rwanda and the Rwandan Ministry of Health partnered with WHO AFRO to co-host this meeting in Kigali.
Read MoreThe Zimbabwe NCDI Poverty Commission convened its inaugural meeting 23-24 September 2019 in Harare. During the two-day meeting, the Commission assessed the NCDI burden in Zimbabwe, completed a priority-setting process to identify priority NCDI conditions, and reviewed health interventions to address these conditions, taking equity and cost-effectiveness into account.
Read MoreLancet NCDI Poverty Commission Co-Chair Ana Mocumbi was lead author of a research article that studied individuals presenting to the emergency departments of three hospitals to generate reliable and robust data describing the pattern of emergency presentations attributable to communicable diseases (CDs), non-communicable disease (NCDs) and injuries in three different regions of Mozambique.
Read MoreThe Afghanistan NCDI Poverty Commission launched its report on July 31, 2019, at a Dissemination Workshop at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH). The event was attended by key staff from the Ministry, members of the Commission, and representatives from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA, and implementing NGOs.
Read MoreThe Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission met in Kathmandu on 6 June 2019 to conduct a mid-term review of activities undertaken in Phase 2 of their work, following publication of their Phase 1 report in March 2018. The Commission’s key objectives for this second phase include developing and piloting models for integrated delivery of NCDI services at health centers and first-level hospitals.
Read MoreOn December 5th, the Program in Global NCDs and Social Change at Harvard Medical School with support from the NCD Synergies program at Partners In Health hosted a four-day NCDI Poverty National Commission Initiator’s Workshop at the Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery in Dubai, UAE. The Workshop brought together Ministry of Health and implementer colleagues from across 16 low and lower-middle income countries.
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