PEN-Plus: A Proven Strategy

Umu Barrie, a 23-year-old schoolteacher in Koidu, Sierra Leone, receives care for her type 1 diabetes at the nearby PEN-Plus clinic. (Photo: © Michael Duff / World Health Organization)

PEN-Plus is a package of clinical services that enables frontline providers in low-income health systems to provide care for people living with severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases that require complex and precise ongoing management, such as type 1 diabetes, sickle cell disease, and rheumatic and congenital heart disease.

PEN-Plus clinics change the lives of people with these conditions in rural settings. The clinics are decentralized and fully integrated into public health systems, so they bring affordable care closer to home. With well-managed care, patients and their families have more resources, time, energy, and hope to pursue their futures. For families living in deep poverty, the impact is transformative.

THIS IS THE PROMISE OF PEN-PLUS.