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Aimee Andag Silva — Philippines
4 min read
The Sugar Crossroads: Timely diabetes intervention is key
When travelers reach crossroads, they need to choose a direction to take. Should they forge ahead, make a turn or go back and retrace...

Ann-Lise Mikolajczak — Switzerland
4 min read
Investing in chronic care: Sustainable financing models for type 1 diabetes
The discovery of insulin in 1921 changed type 1 diabetes from a death sentence to a condition that can be controlled and managed...

Dr. Mamsallah Faal Omisore - Nigeria, Tineke de Groot - Netherlands & Dr. Anna Fraser - United States of America
4 min read
The importance of people-centred care in treating NCDs
Confronting the epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) requires an approach that is tailored to people, rather than diseases....

Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford - United States of America & Lesly Samara Vejar Renteria - Mexico
5 min read
Obesity and mental health: Addressing stigma and misconceptions
Obesity is one of the most urgent global health challenges of the 21st century. Prevalence rates have reached pandemic proportions,...

Dr. Nanthalile Mugala - Zambia and Dr. Muyiwa Tegbe - United States
5 min read
Response to mental health crisis needs to start with primary health care
Primary health care (PHC) brings comprehensive health care closer to people and a PHC provider is oftentimes the first health point of...

Jeff Cyr — Canada
5 min read
Addressing diabetes through traditional Indigenous ways: listen, learn, act
The number of people with type 2 diabetes continues to expand to record levels globally, and Indigenous peoples have some of the highest...

Ann-Lise Mikolajczak & Herb Riband - Switzerland
6 min read
The promise of digital health innovations for people living with diabetes
The number of people living with diabetes (PLWDs) has quadrupled in the last 40 years, adding to the pressures on health systems,...

Jeremiah Mwangi - Switzerland
4 min read
Ending Rheumatic Heart Disease is achievable if we put our hearts and minds to it
Preventable, yet persistent, Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is the most commonly acquired heart disease in people under 25 years of age....

Norman Coleman & Donna O’Brien - United States
5 min read
A global health convergence for approaching infectious and noncommunicable diseases
The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the threat that sudden stresses pose to health resources and supply chains in all countries,...

James Anderson - United Kingdom
5 min read
Overcoming key barriers to quality diabetes care around the world
Innovations in diabetes treatment and management have made enormous contributions to global health over the past 100 years, but there are...

Anne Stake — United States of America
5 min read
To manage syndemics think like an octopus
In the age of syndemics, it is time to think differently. We need more global health organisations to focus their energy outside the...

Devang Vussonj & Heri Marwa — Tanzania
5 min read
Community health workers key to cost-effective prevention
Already strained healthcare systems further burdened by the Covid-19 pandemic are struggling to pay sufficient attention to NCDs, the...

Teofilo O.L. San Luis Jr. - Philippines
4 min read
The thyroid, the organ below the radar
Thyroid disorders (TDs) rarely get the publicity of more well-known disease groups, but can lead to tragic consequences, especially in...

Zuzanna Tittenbrun & Sonali Johnson - Switzerland
4 min read
A goal without a plan is just a wish – the importance of national cancer control plans
Cancer is a challenging disease for all health systems, and the lack of a national cancer strategy can make it more difficult for them to...

Michael Calopietro — Denmark
4 min read
Building a GPS for doctors – the potential of learning elimination in health care
Many regions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) struggle with a shortage of trained health workers, making it more difficult to...

Kwanele Asante — South Africa & Bruno Helman - Brazil
4 min read
People power as the driver and disruptor for the NCD agenda
Health care systems around the world are facing growing calls to make care pathways for people living with non-communicable diseases...

Rich Bryson — United Kingdom
6 min read
Build health systems where conventional services cannot reach
Access to health services remains a key problem in rural areas and lower and middle-income countries (LMICs), where skilled health...

Molly Guy - United States of America
5 min read
Addressing the unmet needs of people living with diabetes: 100 years after the discovery of insulin
2021 represents the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin and the official launch of the new WHO Global Diabetes Compact. Still,...

Nalini Saligram & Deepa Prahalad - United States of America
5 min read
Reflecting on women and NCDs in COVID-19 times
Before the pandemic crisis, women’s lives were already heavily affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as women constitute the...

Thomas Roades & Andrea Feigl - United States of America
7 min read
Blended finance solutions to the NCD funding gap
Funding for noncommunicable disease care doesn’t match the need, but blended finance is a promising opportunity. The views expressed are...
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