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Country Planning
and Implementation

In 2011, the United Nations called on all governments to prepare a national NCD strategy as a component of their public sector approach to reducing the NCD and injury burden in their countries. NCD Synergies partners with ministries of health and local implementers to bring treatment for NCDs and injuries to those who need it most.

Planning and implementation strategies

A crucial piece of our strategy for addressing noncommunicable diseases and injuries in low-income countries is to connect partners who have a strong history of implementation and ministries of health whose mandate is to reach the greatest number of people with innovative, integrated clinical models. These include:

  • A framework for designing clinical services that are effective in the poorest settings
  • A clear path to strengthening health systems appropriate for low-resource settings
  • Approaches to funding and advocacy of interest to leaders of NCD and injury efforts in low-income countries
  • Additional resources and tools curated by NCD Synergies

Building planning partnerships

Where possible, NCD Synergies’ support takes an even more concrete form. After in-depth conversations about the needs and goals in each country, NCD Synergies has partnered with the Program on NCDs and Social Change at Harvard Medical School to support country-led National NCDI Poverty Commissions to assess and recommend national NCD priorities that best address the needs of the poorest. In some countries, this also includes official collaborations supporting specific projects or full-time staff members to work within the NCD Divisions of ministries of health.

Learn more about all of our supported countries, or explore some of the individual partnerships highlighted below.

Rwanda

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Health leaders in Rwanda are global champions for extending Rwanda’s overall health system successes to the realm of NCDs and injuries. The NCD Division of the Rwandan Ministry of Health has successfully implemented several national programs spanning screening, referral and treatment. Since 2013, NCD Synergies has collaborated with and learned from the MOH, Rwanda Biomedical Centre, and PIH's sister site in Rwanda - Inshuti Mu Buzima - on efforts to scale up of service delivery, monitoring, and research efforts for severe, chronic NCDs.
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Ethiopia

Ethiopia »

The NCD Division in the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health has spearheaded strategic activities for noncommunicable diseases and injuries in Ethiopia. NCD Synergies has been working with the FMOH since 2015 on operational planning for the expansion of decentralized and integrated NCD services targeted at controlling diseases affecting the poorest populations, including rheumatic heart disease. In September 2016, Ethiopia launched a National NCDI Poverty Commission focused on priority-setting for NCDs in settings of poverty.
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Kenya

Kenya »

The NCD Division of the Kenya Ministry of Health has partnered with NCD Synergies with the aim of strengthening national NCD planning, monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and supporting a strategy to implement NCD and injury services at the county level. This has included technical collaborations since 2015 around equity-based target-setting and metrics for NCDs and injuries in settings of poverty. In December 2016, Kenya launched a National NCDI Poverty Commission to further these efforts.
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About NCD Synergies

NCD Synergies is a project of Partners In Health that collaborates with health planners, researchers, and implementers to collect, develop, and share the information and tools needed to prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases and injuries in settings of extreme poverty. NCD Synergies is a community of support for those on the leading edge of expanding care for NCDs and injuries in low and middle-income countries with a focus on poor, vulnerable, and remote populations.
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NCD Synergies is a project of Partners In Health and the Global Health Delivery Partnership.

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