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Scaling up action on non-communicable diseases (NCD) to build resilient health systems in low-resource countries
Development of the National Multi Sectoral Strategy and Costed Action Plan for NCD Prevention and Control in the Gambia 2022-2027
Facilitated a global dialogue on 'From Words to Action for Better NCD Outcomes' during the World Health Summit, 2022 with ministers from around the globe, leaders of international organizations, members of the G7 and G20, representatives from the European Union and African Union.
Partnered with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India to implement evidence-based interventions aimed at reducing premature mortality from NCD.
Myanmar Develops Cost-Efficient Plan to Tackle Non-Communicable Diseases with Support from UNITAR's Division on NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building
A panel discussion on Tackling NCD during the COVID-19 Pandemic, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan.
Workshop with Manchester Metropolitan University on developing policy briefs on alcohol consumption studies in the Republic of Rwanda
India Launches Online Training for NYKS Youth Volunteers in Partnership with UNITAR
Collaborated with the Ministry of Health, the Republic of Rwanda and Rwanda Biomedical Centre to develop a National Strategy and Costed Action Plan for NCD prevention and control.
Until 08 October 2024, Poland had received 981,335 refugees[1] from Ukraine fleeing the war in the country, most of whom are women and children (UNHCR, 2024a, 2024b). Efforts to assist refugees’ economic integration are underway, including job training and language classes, with support from international and local organizations (UNHCR, 2024b). As part of these efforts, the UNITAR Division for Prosperity, with financial support from the Government and the People of Japan, organized the programme “Emergency assistance for Ukrainian women refugees in Poland with digital 4IR training: Bolstering livelihoods” between October 2023 and March 2024. 
The programme targeted Ukrainian women refugees in Poland and aimed at enhancing their employability by providing them the opportunity to acquire new digital skills for the modern job market that either reinforced their previous professional experience to adapt to their new environment or opened ways for exploring new career paths. The programme intended to develop IT and entrepreneurial skills and mindsets to bolster participants’ livelihoods, with emphasis on refugees with more disadvantaged backgrounds. 
Five hundred women out of 1,000 applicants were selected to take part in the programme, seventy-five per cent of whom are between 30 and 46 years old. Participants have diverse professional backgrounds as illustrated in Figure 1. It is also worth noting that eighty per cent of them hold a high educational degree including a bachelor’s, master’s and even PhD. 
[1] The Ukrainian Embassies in Poland and Japan prefer to use the term “evacuees” instead of “refugees” in specific contexts.