Webinar to Explore the Impact of PEN-Plus on the Care of Children with NCDs

Dr. Siprian Achau examines a young patient at the PEN-Plus clinic in Atutur, Uganda. (Photo: © Badru Katumba/World Health Organization)

Dr. Neil Gupta, a pediatrician and the senior director of policy at the NCDI Poverty Network, will join a panel of healthcare providers in an upcoming webinar that explores how PEN-Plus affects the care of children living with severe NCDs.

The International Pediatric Association is hosting the webinar, titled “Addressing Severe Childhood NCDs in the Poorest Billion: Experiences from PEN-Plus.” The webinar will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Eastern time—or 2 to 3 p.m. UTC—on Tuesday, March 25.

Aman Pulungan, executive director of the International Pediatric Association, will open the webinar with an introduction, followed by a panel discussion with Dr. Gupta; Dr. Isaac Ssinabulya, co-chair of Uganda’s NCDI Lancet Commission; Dr. Edna Majaliwa, a pediatric endocrinologist at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Dr. Usman Sanni, a pediatrician with Partners In Health in Sierra Leone; and Dr. Raoul Bermejo, a health care specialist for UNICEF.

The webinar will be conducted in English, with closed caption translation available via Zoom. To learn more and register for the webinar, visit bit.ly/mar25-webinar.