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Ahead of World Diabetes Day, new Lancet Commission on diabetes calls for urgent action to address global diabetes epidemic

Over 460 million people worldwide have diabetes, with around 80% of them living in low-income and middle-income countries. Despite high-level commitments to accelerate global action against non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the world is not on-track to reach Sustainable Development Goal 3.4 to reduce premature mortality from major NCDs by 30% between 2015 and 2030. This Lancet Commission on diabetes provides a blueprint for closing gaps in diabetes prevention, care, professional knowledge, and data that could save millions of lives. Modelling done by the Commission shows that use of a data-driven, multicomponent, integrated strategy could avert up to 800 000 premature deaths in the top 10 LMICs with the highest populations of people with diabetes. Implementing this Commission’s recommendations will require a whole-of-society approach to transform ecosystems and care environments. Access the full report for free (with free registration to https://hubs.li/H0zS9Mp0): https://hubs.li/H0zS9Mq0

New on the blog: A thoughtful article by GHL Alumni Fellow Nayanjeet Chaudhury on his personal experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Health Institute

COVID-19 in a World Beyond Borders - Personal Thoughts on a New Call to Action - Global Health Leaders As a fellow of the Global Health Leaders Program at the Public Health Institute, Oakland CA, and later as its employee seconded to Medtronic Foundation, Minneapolis MN, I visited the USA 3 to 4 times a year in the last five years. Yet, my last trip there was distinctly remarkable. In the second half...

🎉You can now see what the NCD community is getting up to ahead of the Global Week for Action on ! Check out the latest , and so much more!

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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 holding governments and policymakers to account to and deliver on the commitments made on 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

Great work by GHL Alumni Fellow Mark Barone!

Ajustes na Gestão das DCNTs previnem Óbitos e Complicações Durante a Após a Pandemia Webinar organizado no dia 5 de agosto pelo FórumDCNTs evidenciou necessidade de se priorizar acesso contínuo e facilitado aos profissionais de saúde, orientações para os cuidados e medicamentos neste momento.

Kaiser Permanente and the Public Health Institute Partner on Clinical Initiative to Support California COVID-19 Contact Tracing - Public Health Institute PHI receives $63 million support to deploy contact tracing staff in targeted California clinicsOakland, CA—Today Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Kaiser Permanente has committed $63…

"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 better 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, , in the Western Cape of South Africa, thanks to a new partnership with Medtronic Foundation.

NCDs—which include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension—are 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!

New in Forbes, PHI President and CEO Mary Pittman discusses our national reckoning on public health--and how it's shaped COVID-19, racial justice and more. Plus, she dives into the systemic health issues being highlighted and exacerbated by the pandemic, and the bright spots where individuals and communities are stepping up with urgency, compassion and solidarity: https://bit.ly/2Empy8l

👏20 national and regional alliances will be awarded the Civil Society Solidarity Fund on NCDs and COVID-19 to help address the implications of and elevate the voices of people living with NCDs during the . CEO Katie Dain said "this is a first-of-its-kind fund to support NCD civil society organisations respond to COVID-19".
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Heart conditions drove spike in deaths beyond those attributed to covid-19, analysis shows Thousands of deaths may have resulted from people’s fears of seeking care in hospital overwhelmed by the pandemic, experts say.

Fantastic work by GHL Alumni Fellow Nayanjeet Chaudhury, who contributed to a report earlier this year on COVID-19 preparedness among low and middle-income countries (LMICs). The report, "A Rapid Turnaround Survey of COVID-19 in LMICs: The Readiness, Responses, and Challenges of Healthcare Organizations" was conducted by The Center for Global Health, University of Illinois at Chicago. The report's findings were discussed in an April 24, 2020 webinar that can be viewed at the link along with the report.
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UIC Center for Global Health » Special Webinar April 24th at 10:00 a.m. A Rapid Turnaround Survey of Covid-19 in LMICs: The Readiness and Responses of Healthcare Organizations           UIC conducted a rapid turnaround survey to check-in with our colleagues around the world so as to better understand their readiness and responses to COVID-19. Upon the report’s release, a panel of healthcare professionals from several low-and middle-income countries will give their ...