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 Learn about how communities are preventing, controlling, and managing NCDs worldwide.

NCD Community Health Programs Save Lives
In Kenya, the Base of the Pyramid project has greatly improved diabetes care due to price reductions, stable supplies of insulin, training of healthcare professionals,
NCD Diagnosis & Treatment for Youth is a Family Issue
In the rural district of Neno in the Southwestern corner of Malawi, most community members are subsistence farmers. While the district of Neno has developed
NCD Patient Advocacy in Brazil: Knowledge is Treatment
When Ronaldo Jose Pineda Wieselberg was two, he told his mother he wanted to be a doctor. A math teacher, she went back to correcting
NCD Patient Advocacy in South Africa
One morning in April 2012, Funani Juliet was having breakfast in her Pietersburg, South Africa, home when food started to drip down the right side
Patient Advocacy in India
For Arunav Misra, it was a rapid descent. The 62-year-old Delhi-based environmental consultant had raced with a volunteer squad to the Gujarat earthquake site in January
Patient Advocacy in Uganda
Upon hearing her diagnosis of cervical cancer, the world of 19-year-old Ugandan Kembabazi was shattered and her dream of acquiring a university degree put sharply
Recovery is Possible
War drove Labon Doka at the age of 20 to abandon his home in Sudan for a refugee camp in Ethiopia. It was in the
Testimony Submitted on NCDs Submitted for Fiscal Year 2018
The Noncommunicable (NCD) Roundtable submitted testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, for fiscal year 2018 on
UN High-Level Meeting on Prevention and Control of NCDs
UN High-Level Meeting on Prevention and Control of NCDs The United Nations General Assembly will host a high-level meeting (HLM) on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases