Global Health Leaders

You can now see what the NCD community is getting up to ahead of the Global Week for Action on #NCDs! Check out the latest #events, #news and so much more! ...Join us from 7 - 13 September #ActOnNCDs Find out more at www.actonncds.org/en/news

How can we reduce the NCD epidemic - causing 70% of global deaths a year? This year's Global Week for Action on NCDs calls for ACCOUNTABILITY - this means holdi...ng governments and policymakers to account to #ActOnNCDs and deliver on the commitments made on #NCDs to the United Nations, World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Sustainable Development Goals . You can join the movement to make a change now! http://www.actonncds.org/en See more

Great work by GHL Alumni Fellow Mark Barone!

"I was diagnosed with hypertension when I was just 27 years old. Now I am managing two chronic illnesses (hypertension and HIV) which have forced me to make bet...ter lifestyle choices." --Babalwa Nelani, mothers2mothers (m2m) Mentor Mother in South Africa m2m was excited to announce at a virtual launch event today that we are expanding our services to prevent and manage non-communicable diseases, #NCDs, in the Western Cape of South Africa, thanks to a new partnership with Medtronic Foundation. NCDswhich include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertensionare a large, and growing, public health issue in sub-Saharan Africa. In South Africa, 51% of deaths are already caused by NCDs. With support from the Western Cape Department of Health and the City of Cape Town, Mentor Mothers like Babalwa will use our proven peer-based, community-focused model to educate and support new and existing clients on NCDS and how to manage them. A big thank you to Medtronic Foundation for making this important expansion of our services possible!