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Where a child lives should never determine whether a child lives

Yet children with type 1 diabetes in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa often die within a year of diagnosis. And while more than 95 percent of children with sickle cell disease in high-income countries will live to adulthood, that number is less than 5 percent in low-income countries.

These realities are as medically unnecessary as they are unjust. No disease should be treatable in one country and yet a death sentence in another.

To bring lifesaving care closer to home for people doubly burdened with severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases and extreme poverty, the NCDI Poverty Network is implementing PEN-Plus, a proven integrated care-delivery model, in 22 resource-poor countries worldwide.

The Network is joined in this work by members of the PEN-Plus Partnership, a global collaboration of advocacy, policy, funding, and technical partners. By leveraging strong political will and broad financial commitments, the Partnership seeks to provide lifesaving treatment to children and young adults living with severe noncommunicable diseases in the world’s poorest and remotest settings.

Help us expand the reach of PEN-Plus

To support PEN-Plus, please submit your donation through the Brigham and Women’s Hospital giving form, linked from the “Donate” button.

Under “How would you like your gift to be designated?” select “Other,” then type “Center for Integration Science.”

The Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is the Boston co-secretariat of the NCDI Poverty Network and the PEN-Plus Partnership. Please email us at integrationscience@bwh.harvard.edu with any questions.