PEN-PLUS CELEBRATION

SPRINGBOARD FOR ACTION

New York City | 24 September 2024

Springboard for Action, a celebration of progress toward global access to care for people living with severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases, took place on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the U.N. General Assembly.

Medical intern Namazzi Mercy takes the blood pressure of 11-year-old Lubwama Jackson, who receives treatment for his sickle cell disease at the PEN-Plus clinic in Nakaseke, Uganda.