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UNITAR's Division on NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building, in collaboration with The Defeat-NCD Partnership, partnered with Manchester Metropolitan University to deliver a workshop on preparing policy briefs based on alcohol consumption studies in the Republic of Rwanda, influencing national and international alcohol policies....
UNITAR's Division on NCD, Digital Health, and Capacity Building successfully supported the World Health Organization in modernizing its learning ecosystem in upgrading and migrating 130+ courses to its unified platform.This collaboration is a significant project that enhances global accessibility and standardizes learning for health professionals. By conducting a thorough review of existing courses and migrating them to a unified platform, the project ensures compliance with international best practices and quality standards, empowering health professionals with the es...
In June 2022, The Defeat-NCD Partnership, UNITAR and The Ministry of Health of The Gambia launched the nation's first National Multi-Sectoral Strategy and Costed Action Plan for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control. Held under the patronage of His Excellency Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of Gambia, the event brought together stakeholders from the government, development partners, the private sector, academia, civil society, and NCD advocacy groups.This strategy represents a unified effort to reduce the burden of NCD in the Gambia, aligning with Sustaina...
Rwanda's Ministry of Health and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre, in collaboration with UNITAR, The Defeat-NCD Partnership and other stakeholders, have launched the National Strategy and Costed Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD), covering the period from 2020 to 2025. The initiative aims to reduce premature deaths by addressing NCD at all stages of life. The plan will require an investment of 358.15 billion Rwandan Francs (RWF) over five years, with funding allocated for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes care, cancer treatment, resp...
The Defeat-NCD Partnership, in collaboration with UNITAR, played a pivotal role in the High-Level Panel Discussion “From Words to Action for Better Noncommunicable Disease Outcomes,” held during the World Health Summit on 16 October 2022. This event served as a global platform to address the urgent need for concrete action in tackling the growing burden of NCD, bringing together distinguished representatives from governments, international organizations, academia, civil society, and the private sector.The discussion emphasized the transition from dialogue to tangible, measu...
In collaboration with UNITAR and The Defeat-NCD Partnership, Dr. Kaung and his team in Myanmar’s NCD unit developed a cost-efficient operational plan covering 2021 and 2022 to address the country’s rising burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD). With technical assistance from a programme coordinator and health economist provided by the partnership, the team built a multi-sectoral approach and applied financial modelling to create the plan.Previously, Myanmar had a national NCD strategy, but it lacked a costed plan for service delivery. “Without a costed pla...
In September 2022, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India and The Defeat-NCD Partnership, in collaboration with UNITAR, formalized their collaboration through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCD). The agreement focused on advancing Sustainable Development Goal 3.4 by scaling up NCD prevention, treatment, and healthcare access.The partnership emphasized capacity building in India and other low- and middle-income countries, scaling up NCD services thro...
On 06 January 2022, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mr Anurag Thakur, inaugurated the pilot phase of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) Youth Volunteers Online Training Programme. Organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MoYAS) in collaboration with The Defeat-NCD Partnership, UNITAR, and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), the initiative was coordinated by the Capacity Building Commission, Government of India.Mr Anurag Thakur highlighted the Indian government’s commitment to skilling India’s yo...
On 16 October 2022, UNITAR partnered with The Defeat-NCD Partnership to host a high-level panel discussion on Tackling NCD during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The event brought together global leaders to address the interconnected challenges of COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases (NCD). It highlighted the urgent need to shift from rhetoric to action in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 3.4, reducing premature mortality from NCD.Ms Dechen Wangmo, Minister of Health for Bhutan and President of the 74th World Health Assembly, opened the session ...