Steering Committee Advances Strategies for PEN-Plus Implementation
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Members of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Steering Committee convened on 8 November for their ninth meeting.
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Ethiopia Plans for PEN-Plus Scaleup
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PEN-Plus partners and stakeholders met in Addis Ababa on October 19 to discuss Ethiopia’s national scaleup of PEN-Plus. This scaleup will expand the accessibility and availability of quality noncommunicable disease care at the country’s primary hospital level.
Read MoreDRC NCDI Poverty Commission Meets To Set Priorities
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) NCDI Poverty Commission convened from 25-26 October to review NCDI data as part of a priority-setting meeting.
Read MoreNetwork Team Aligns with the Ministry of Health and PEN-Plus Partners in Nepal
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A team of NCDI Poverty Network technical experts recently traveled to Nepal to align with partners following the Ministry of Health’s decision to expand PEN-Plus to four more district hospitals. The Network group spent the week collaborating with the Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and the Kathmandu Institute of Children Health (KIOCH) to understand how the success of PEN-Plus initiation in Nepal can be replicated nationally.
Read MoreJoão Mindo: A PEN-Plus Success Story
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For three years, João Mindo had difficulty walking, eating, and even breathing. It wasn‘t until a PEN-Plus clinic opened in rural Mozambique that he received his diagnosis: rheumatic heart disease.
Read MoreThe BMJ Highlights Opportunity to Save Lives Through PEN-Plus
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An opinion article published this month in The BMJ spotlights the PEN-Plus strategy as a new hope for improving chronic disease care in sub-Saharan Africa.
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