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Meeting local needs, contextualizing interventions, and scaling effective programmes across regions and countries: Read how Member States and partners leverage multisectoral collaboration and engage stakeholders to co-designand scale evidence-informed and effective NCD prevention and control.

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Zimbabwean men unite to advocate for diabetes care

World Diabetes Foundation, SolidarMed

Zimbabwean men unite to advocate for diabetes care

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Zimbabwe

30 Oct 2024
Cambodia’s sprouts of change: healthier futures through safer child nutrition in schools

World Diabetes Foundation, Helen Keller International

Cambodia’s sprouts of change: healthier futures through safer child nutrition in schools

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Country Stories

28 Oct 2024
Heroes of remote Nepal: Women leading the way to healthier communities

World Diabetes Foundation

Heroes of remote Nepal: Women leading the way to healthier communities

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 exp..

Nepal

25 Oct 2024
Breaking barriers: Liberia’s journey from modest diabetes clinic to national NCD response

World Diabetes Foundation

Breaking barriers: Liberia’s journey from modest diabetes clinic to national NCD response

A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing. This Liberian proverb seems to embody the progress i..

Liberia

24 Oct 2024
Stakeholder dissemination workshop: Beliefs surrounding the use of inhaled asthma medication in The Gambia.

NIHR, IPCRG, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (LSHTM), WHO

Stakeholder dissemination workshop: Beliefs surrounding the use of inhaled asthma medication in The Gambia.

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG), Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia a..

Gambia

21 Oct 2024
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
Education and access: the key to transforming leukaemia treatment in the Philippines

Medicines Patent Pool

Education and access: the key to transforming leukaemia treatment in the Philippines

World CML Day: A Story of Hope and Advocacy  Despite years of progress, much still needs to be done on access to treatment for ..

Philippines

07 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
Strengthening Minds: Malaysia Strengthens Efforts to Enhance the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents

WHO Regional Office for Western Pacific

Strengthening Minds: Malaysia Strengthens Efforts to Enhance the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health crisis among children and adolescents has become more pronounced globally. In Malaysia, the..

Malaysia

20 Sep 2024
Transforming Mental Health: Standardising the treatment, prevention, and management of depression in China

Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), The Depression Cohort in China

Transforming Mental Health: Standardising the treatment, prevention, and management of depression in China

Depression, characterised by persistent low mood or loss of pleasure..

Country Stories

04 Sep 2024
Strengthening collaboration between healthcare providers and communities for hypertension and diabetes prevention and control in Vietnam

SUNI-SEA Consortium, Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

Strengthening collaboration between healthcare providers and communities for hypertension and diabetes prevention and control in Vietnam

As one of the world's ageing population, Vietnam faces many challenges in community healthcare despite its relatively low per capita income. In 201..

Viet Nam

28 Aug 2024
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