Efforts to expand PEN-Plus across sub-Saharan Africa just received a major boost, as the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced a $9 million grant to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa to expand care for people living with severe noncommunicable diseases.
Read MoreThe Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity has been named a WHO Collaborating Centre in recognition of its work in designing integrated care delivery systems for people living with severe noncommunicable diseases in extreme poverty.
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 MoreThe World Heart Federation has presented its Outstanding Contribution to Cardiovascular Health Award to Drs. Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi, co-chairs of the NCDI Poverty Network. The presentation took place in May at the World Heart Awards ceremony in Geneva.
Read MoreThe Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity is seeking a leading health systems research institution to execute a study in Ghana and Tanzania entitled “Defining and integrating essential NCD interventions in national health systems.”
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.
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