25 Oct 2024
Opinion piece on Devex by Katie Dain, Chief Executive Officer of the NCD Alliance, and Kate Bunting, Chief Executive Officer of HelpAge USA. Access the full article here.
25 Oct 2024
25 Oct 2024
The burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) poses a growing threat to population health and well-being and to hard-fought progress on gender equity and women’s rights. We call on representatives of the United Nations and international bodies, governments, business, civil society, health professionals, researchers, philanthropic organisations, and the public to join a coordinated movement t...
25 Oct 2024
25 Oct 2024
Women in Nepal have become promising agents of change, improving control of type 2 diabetes and social trust. Now, a scale-up to rural areas is expanding the role of female community health volunteers in strengthening a vulnerable health system. Although the pilot ended in 2022, it has been five years since WDF’s last visit to Nepal; pandemic restrictions and difficult road access made...
25 Oct 2024
24 Oct 2024
A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing. This Liberian proverb seems to embody the progress in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). With WDF funding, Liberia’s first national NCD programme completed this year has been showing how small, consistent actions can drive results in a country in recovery. Home to 5.4 million people, Liberia has endur...
24 Oct 2024
Briefs & Fact Sheets
22 Oct 2024
Unhealthy diets are a major driver of noncommunicable diseases. In particular, ultra-processed foods, which contain high levels of sugars, sodium, saturated fats, and refined carbohydrates, contribute significantly to the incidence of NCDs such as ob...
Case study
22 Oct 2024
The idea of the Africa NCDs Network (ANN) was conceived in 2015, advanced in 2016 following an African regional civil society consultation meeting organised by the WHO Regional Office for Africa and NCD Alliance, and took off in 2020 with the support...
Case study
22 Oct 2024
The Ghana NCD Alliance was launched in 2017 as part of the NCD Alliance Seed Programme and participated in NCDA's Accelerator Programme 2020-2023. The alliance received an award from the UN Interagency Task Force for NCDs in 2020 for its contribution...
Case study
22 Oct 2024
The Rwanda NCD Alliance was formally launched in 2016, having engaged with the country’s NCD response since the lead-up to the 2011 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs. The alliance participated in the NCD Alliance NCDs and UHC Accelerator Programme 2020...
Guide
21 Oct 2024
This integrated operational framework provides an overview of the connections between mental health, neurological and substance use (MNS) conditions, and their links to health, well-being and the broader public health and sustainable development agen...
Strategy document
21 Oct 2024
This document sets out WHO’s MNS advocacy priorities, outlining what needs to be advanced or changed, by WHO and through other stakeholders and mechanisms. It aims to support MNS stakeholders in various countries by providing a flexible approach th...
21 Oct 2024
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), World Health Organization For people in low- and middle-income countries living with asthma, controlling their symptoms is often challenging. The lack of national asthma guidelines and diagnostic...
21 Oct 2024
21 Oct 2024
"When I speak, I shake the walls," says Chikhu, a person living with a chronic disease. In Malawi, access to NCD care is not always there and is not always fair. NCD Alliance documents daily realities and work of Samuel and Chikhu - two advocates who stand up for their right to health and help change the lives of thousands. Raise Your Voice micro-documentary is an inspiration for those who would l...
21 Oct 2024
