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Raise Your Voice: Global Action Week On NCDs

NCD Alliance

Raise Your Voice: Global Action Week On NCDs

"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 no..

Malawi

21 Oct 2024
Going Full Circle: Global Week For Action On NCDs

NCD Alliance

Going Full Circle: Global Week For Action On NCDs

Going Full Circle NCD Alliance travels to India to meet Nupur and Snehal, two women living with type 1 diabetes. Their stories vividly de..

India

21 Oct 2024
NGOs and local governments in Nepal team up to deliver health services in remote areas

NCD Alliance

NGOs and local governments in Nepal team up to deliver health services in remote areas

NGOs and local governments are filling the gaps left by the national health systems in Nepal, especially in rural areas. As the demand for independ..

Nepal

26 Sep 2024
Action on Cancer: World Against Cancer

NCD Alliance

Action on Cancer: World Against Cancer

A survey was conducted first in Ukrain neighbouring host countries and then in Ukrain in order to assess cancer needs. It is clear that t..

Ukraine

14 Feb 2024
Action on Diabetes: The private sector and NGOs

NCD Alliance

Action on Diabetes: The private sector and NGOs

Prevalence of diabetes among the adult population in Ukraine is over 7%, and reduced access to appropriate diabetes care was quickly identified as ..

Ukraine

14 Feb 2024
NCD voices inform India’s programme for NCD prevention and control

NCD Alliance

NCD voices inform India’s programme for NCD prevention and control

In this feature, the Healthy India Alliance (HIA) shares the importance of meaningful involvement in tackling noncommunicable diseases in I..

India

22 Nov 2023
People living with NCDs are front and centre of the NCD response in the Philippines

NCD Alliance

People living with NCDs are front and centre of the NCD response in the Philippines

Human rights and social justice, NCD care, prevention and meaningful involvement dominated the discussions in the Philippines this October,..

Philippines

07 Nov 2023
The Philippines national NCD investment (NCDA EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS Series)

NCD Alliance

The Philippines national NCD investment (NCDA EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS Series)

The investment approach taken by UN agencies WHO, UNDP, and the UN Inter-agency Task Force on NCDs is crucial in generating needed whole-of-governm..

Philippines

09 Oct 2023
Civil society and government join forces to accelerate cancer care for women in Rwanda

NCD Alliance

Civil society and government join forces to accelerate cancer care for women in Rwanda

Rwanda - a regional leader in Universal Health Coverage - is helping women to detect and treat breast and cervical cancer earlier as part of govern..

Rwanda

14 May 2023
Young leaders mobilise during lockdown in Sri Lanka to deliver life-saving treatment

NCD Alliance

Young leaders mobilise during lockdown in Sri Lanka to deliver life-saving treatment

The COVID19 pandemic has not spared Sri Lanka and the government imposed a curfew for the entire territory on 20 March 2020. After a week, health f..

Sri Lanka

26 Oct 2020
Kenyan advocates call government to put people living with NCDs at the centre of COVID-19 response

NCD Alliance

Kenyan advocates call government to put people living with NCDs at the centre of COVID-19 response

Kenyan advocates call the government to put people living with NCDs at the centre of COVID-19 response. ..

Kenya

25 Oct 2020
New food labelling law approved by Mexican government, opposed by industry

NCD Alliance

New food labelling law approved by Mexican government, opposed by industry

Mexico approved a new warning labelling regulation for food and beverages in January, but industry groups have appealed against it. After a 2019 re..

Mexico

10 Mar 2020
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