NCDI Poverty Network Global Launch Event – December 7, 2020
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The NCDI Poverty Network was formally launched on December 7 at a global virtual event organized by the Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission and representatives of national NCDI Poverty Commissions in 15 low- and lower-middle-income countries with large populations of people living in extreme poverty. More than 330 people from 53 countries participated in the plenary event, and more than 160 took part in one of four regional breakout discussion sessions for: East Africa; Southern Africa; West Africa & the Caribbean; and South and Southeast Asia.
A video recording of the full plenary session can be viewed below. The agenda of the event included presentations from:
Ana Mocumbi – The Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission: Key Findings and Recommendations for National-Level Stakeholders
Neil Gupta – National NCDI Poverty Commissions & Award Announcement of New NCDI Poverty Commissions 2021
Julie Makani – National NCDI Poverty Commission Roundtable with Mary Nyamongo of the Kenya NCDI Poverty Commission and Biraj Karmacharya of the Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission
Gene Bukhman – The NCDI Poverty Network: Advocacy, Research, and Implementation
Prebo Barango – Integration of Priority NCDI Interventions: PEN and PEN-Plus
Mohammed Abdulaziz – COVID-19: The Double Vulnerability of NCDIs and Poverty
A full report on the NCDI Poverty Network launch event is available here.
Slides from most of the presentations are available for download below:
