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...
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
Article
16 Oct 2024
Prevention is better than cure, and this couldn’t be truer when it comes to noncommunicable diseases. In this episode, Dr Monika Arora, President of NCD Alliance and Executive Director of HRIDAY, shares facts about NCD prevention and how government...
Article
09 Oct 2024
In this episode of Voices of the health revolution podcast we hear about two sources of leadership that will be key as the global NCD community works toward the 2025 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs. Not surprisingly, the three speakers all point to peo...
Article
02 Oct 2024
This is our third episode on the theme of leadership and the 2025 UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs (UNHLM). It features the voices of youth working to address the noncommunicable disease (NCD) emergency. “It’s really important to talk about who has...
30 Sep 2024
This open letter to world leaders serves as a crucial advocacy tool, urging all governments to fulfil their commitments to address the burden of NCDs. It calls on Member States to take decisive action at the Fourth UN High-level Meeting on NCDs in Se...
26 Sep 2024
NGOs and local governments are filling the gaps left by the national health systems in Nepal, especially in rural areas. As the demand for independent mobile health camps increases, questions arise about the central government’s capacity to deliver on people’s right to health. Last winter, two government health assistants who usually leave Limi Valley before it gets snowed in for the winter...
26 Sep 2024
Article
26 Sep 2024
In July, NCD Alliance published The Call To Lead open letter which serves as a crucial advocacy tool, urging all governments to fulfil their commitments to address the burden of NCDs. It calls on Member States to take decisive action at the Fourth UN...
Report
26 Sep 2024
Only a few countries are on track to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.4 to reduce NCD premature mortality (between the ages of 30 and 70) by one third by 2030. The WHO Global NCD Action Plan calls for adequate, predictable, sustained, effici...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
26 Sep 2024
This report highlights some of the most common fiscal policies consistent with NCD prevention as well as measures that are recommended as highly effective in reducing the enormous strain of NCDs. NCDs weigh on economies and exacerbate poverty and foo...
Briefs & Fact Sheets
26 Sep 2024
This policy brief informs governments on key priorities for the fourth United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of NCDs in 2025, to deliver on NCD targets and commitments, including for mental health and neurological conditions...
