Sugar taxes: Searching for the sweet spot
Sugar taxes and food product labelling are increasingly in use to help people choose healthy and arrest the surge of non-communicable...
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Zarina Geloo - Zambia & Angela Tufvesson - Hong Kong
- 6 min
How Africa heals as community-led mental health care makes inroads
Mental health conditions remain untreated in large parts of Africa. Community-led initiatives are bridging the gap by training lay...
Andrea Chipman — United Kingdom
- 3 min
Insights for Preventing Diabetes in Latin America
Better collaboration between all stakeholders is key to preventing and diagnosing diabetes in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) in...
Andrea Chipman — United Kingdom
- 6 min
Freeing the World from Type 2 Diabetes
Despite significant advances and innovation in the care of diabetes in recent years, the number of cases continues to rise. There is a...
Eric Angula - Kenya & Anne Stake - United States of America
- 4 min
The Journey to Create a Cross-Sector Partnership for NCDs in Kenya
It started with the aim of enabling national and local health systems in Kenya to manage chronic diseases for all patients. The...
Andrea Chipman — United Kingdom
- 4 min
The Price of Prediabetes: A Growing Threat to Emerging Markets
The growing economic burden of diabetes globally, and its particular impact on emerging markets, has highlighted the importance of...
Hayley Jones - Australia
- 7 min
Using the Law to Combat NCDs
When implemented alongside other policies and public health initiatives, laws to reduce the risk factors for non-communicable diseases...
Danny Buckland - United Kingdom & Tebby Otieno - Kenya
- 7 min
Taming the fires of social media misinformation
Social media is a perfect vehicle for health education but it is being diverted by fake and damaging content, disrupting preventative...
Paul Adepoju - United Kingdom
- 8 min
Small-scale health insurance for a more secure future
High out-of-pocket healthcare costs in African countries send many low-income people into significant debt. Microinsurance has the...
Andrea Feigl — United States of America
- 4 min
Can blockchain unblock NCD funding solutions?
Though non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for seven out of 10 deaths worldwide and cost health systems billions of dollars...
Anil Kapur — India
- 4 min
Checking the box for better maternal and child health
Non-communicable disease (NCD) related pregnancy complications can have long-term effects on mothers, but one simple solution with the...
Suzanne Moll - Denmark
- 2 min
The tightening grip of climate change
At the critical juncture of human and planetary health. On the precipice of change For generations, we have not listened to the message...
Angela Tufvesson - Hong Kong
- 7 min
Smart solutions for human and environmental health
Simple, scalable initiatives that enhance day-to-day living offer huge potential benefits for human health and that of the planet....
Jo Waters — United Kingdom
- 8 min
At the heart of air pollution
Air pollution is an invisible threat to human health as well as the planet—and not only because of its connection with respiratory...
Andrea Chipman — United Kingdom
- 8 min
Taking action against diabetes in crisis settings
The number of people displaced by humanitarian crises is rising, and there is a pressing need to address non-communicable diseases like...
Becky McCall — United Kingdom
- 7 min
Treating patient earth
With every day comes new evidence of the devastation caused by climate change, and paralleling this rise is the rapid escalation of the...
Zarina Geloo — Zambia
- 7 min
Zambia pushing through the barriers to better care
In Africa, non-communicable diseases like diabetes will be a more serious threat to life than all other illnesses within 10 years. The...
Aimee Andag Silva — Philippines
- 4 min
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
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
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....
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