Integration science can do more than deliver quality healthcare; it can also deliver global health equity solutions. That’s the central premise of “From Local Innovation ...
“Hi, all!” Edith Mukantwari says as she beams into the camera. “We are stronger together. Let’s do this!” And with that greeting, Mukantwari, a Voices ...
The Uganda Ministry of Health, the local government of the Kumi District, and the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Noncommunicable Diseases hosted a celebration ...
The NCDI Poverty Network and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) hosted a side event, “PEN-Plus Partnership: An NCDI Poverty Network Initiative ...
“People living with chronic conditions have historically not been considered important decision-makers from a policy perspective,” said Dr. Apoorva Gomber, coauthor of an opinion piece ...
Members of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Steering Committee convened on 8 November for their ninth meeting. The event included presentations on the progress of the ...
A team of NCDI Poverty Network technical experts recently traveled to Nepal to align with partners following the Ministry of Health’s decision to expand PEN-Plus ...
An opinion article published this month in The BMJ spotlights the PEN-Plus strategy as a new hope for improving chronic disease care in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
The High-Level Advisory Group of the PEN-Plus Partnership met in New York City on 19 September to discuss the progress and future of PEN-Plus, an ...
“We know what is best for us,” said Anu Gomanju, a person living with rheumatic heart disease in Nepal. “That’s why our needs and voices ...
“When I got sick, I couldn’t play. My heart would beat so fast. Since my heart surgery, I’m fine, and I can run and play.” ...
As an infant, Tawonashe Mugura was always in and out of the hospital. Sometimes, he had difficulty breathing; other times, he was jaundiced. His body ...
The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity participated in an Africa CDC/African Union workshop, “Non-Communicable Diseases, Injuries, and Mental Health Surveillance: Situational Analysis ...
The WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) and the NCDI Poverty Network met in Accra, Ghana, from 17 to 19 July to discuss the region’s ...
Efforts to expand PEN-Plus across sub-Saharan Africa received a major boost when the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced a $9 million ...
“Where a child lives should not determine whether a child lives,” declared Dr. Apoorva Gomber, associate advocacy director for the NCDI Poverty Network. “And yet ...
The World Heart Federation has presented its Outstanding Contribution to Cardiovascular Health Award to Drs. Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi, co-chairs of the NCDI Poverty ...
The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity has been named a WHO Collaborating Centre in recognition of its work in designing integrated care ...
Request for Letters of Interest from Ghana and Tanzania Background: The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity (CIS) is seeking a leading health ...
The stark realities of living with severe noncommunicable diseases in extreme poverty became clear to members of the High-Level Advisory Group of the PEN-Plus ...
A commentary published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology in early May showcases the power of PEN-Plus and the PEN-Plus Partnership to bring lifesaving ...
Access to care for back pain, food insecurity, and abnormal vaginal bleeding. Overcoming the barriers to care posed by the high costs ...
“The Center for Integration Science is a group of clinicians, researchers, and administrators focused on moving health resources to the world’s poorest people. ...
Momentum has continued since the 47 member states of the African Region of the World Health Organization adopted the regional PEN-Plus strategy to address severe ...
Following the adoption of the PEN-Plus strategy to address severe NCDs at first-level referral health facilities by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa ...
NCDI Poverty Network Co-Chair Dr. Ana Mocumbi and the Mozambique Co-Secretariat and Southern Africa Regional Hub team recently hosted CIS Executive Director and NCDI Poverty ...
Leaders from the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO), WHO Headquarters, and other stakeholders invested in the implementation of PEN-Plus met in ...
The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity (CIS) hosted its inaugural symposium on Thursday, 10 November 2022 at the Joseph B. Martin Conference ...
On 23 August 2022, the 47 Member States of the WHO/AFRO region voted unanimously to adopt the regional PEN-Plus strategy to address severe NCDs at ...
A training model that combines in-person classroom instruction with a digital, e-learning platform has been successfully piloted in Rwanda to train PEN-Plus nurses and physicians in the knowledge, skills, and competencies to diagnose and treat heart failure.
A recently published study found that expanding an existing HIV and tuberculosis (TB) CHW program in the Neno district of Malawi to include non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and other conditions reduced the number of patients defaulting from chronic NCD care each month by approximately 20% while maintaining the already low default rate for HIV patients.