NCDI Poverty Network and PIH Host PEN-Plus Side Event at Africa Public Health Conference

NCDI Poverty Network and PIH Host PEN-Plus Side Event at Africa Public Health Conference

The NCDI Poverty Network and Partners in Health hosted a side event titled “Caring for People Living with Severe Chronic NCDs: Practical Lessons Learned from Early PEN-Plus Initiatives” on 14 December at the 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA) in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Clinical Officer Master Trainer Leads Echocardiography Training for New PEN-Plus Providers in Malawi

Clinical Officer Master Trainer Leads Echocardiography Training for New PEN-Plus Providers in Malawi

As part of Malawi’s efforts to scale up PEN-Plus nationally, clinical officers and nurses from two expansion sites in Salima and Karonga recently completed two weeks of echocardiography training at the PEN-Plus training site and clinics established in Neno by the Ministry of Health and Partners In Health Malawi. The course was led by master trainer and clinical officer Kenwood Kumwenda with mentorship support from Dr. Sheila Klassen, an adult cardiologist who specializes in echocardiography.

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Voices of NCDI Poverty Advocacy Fellow Eunice Owino Shares Sickle Cell Disease Story

Voices of NCDI Poverty Advocacy Fellow Eunice Owino Shares Sickle Cell Disease Story

Voices of NCDI Poverty Advocacy Fellow Eunice Owino reflects on her experience living with sickle cell disease and her role as a Sickle Cell Warrior and advocate for other people living with severe NCDs in low-income countries. Owino is the founder of the Sickle Cell Uhuru Trust, a platform amplifying the voices of people living with sickle cell disease.

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Nigeria Commission Reviews Key Findings and Recommendations, Plans Dissemination of Final Report

Nigeria Commission Reviews Key Findings and Recommendations, Plans Dissemination of Final Report

The Nigeria NCDI Poverty Commission met for the fourth time on 9 November. The Commission reviewed and reached consensus on key findings and recommendations from its situation analysis and priority-setting exercise and deliberated on plans for dissemination of its final report.

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Network Promotes PEN-Plus at ISPAD Conference

Network Promotes PEN-Plus at ISPAD Conference

A team that included NCDI Poverty Network Steering Committee Co-Chair Gene Bukhman as well as Type 1 Diabetes and Global Health Equity Research Fellows Apoorva Gomber and Celina Trujilo traveled to Abu Dhabi to represent the Network and promote PEN-Plus at the 48th annual International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) Conference between 13-16 October.

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