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Two NCDI Poverty Network physicians lent their expertise during a recent diabetes training workshop that the Sonia Nabeta Foundation hosted in Uganda.

“Community Is Crucial”

In recognition of World Diabetes Day, educator and advocate Edith Mukantwari shares her personal story of living with type 1 diabetes in Uganda, the lessons she’s learned, and the importance of a supportive community.

Building for the Future

The PEN-Plus clinic in eastern Uganda began as a gathering under a tree and has blossomed into a standalone structure with consultation and treatment rooms, a training center, and a pharmacy.

From Words to Action

The first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa provided a platform for health experts, policymakers, civil society organization representatives, donors, people living with noncommunicable diseases, and community advocates to expedite political and financial backing for PEN-Plus.

Uganda Ministry of Health Celebrates PEN-Plus Launch

The Uganda Ministry of Health, the local government of the Kumi District, and the Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Noncommunicable Diseases hosted a celebration of the launch of PEN-Plus in Uganda on 23 November.

PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs

More than 60 representatives of leading global health policy, technical, advocacy, and financing institutions and people living with NCDs gathered at UNICEF House in New York on September 15, 2022, to introduce the PEN-Plus Partnership, a major international initiative to address the global burden of severe NCDs and injuries that cause more than 500,000 avoidable deaths every year among children and young adults living in extreme poverty.

Major Milestones for the Three East African Countries Implementing PEN-Plus

Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia are on track to open their first PEN-Plus clinics and training sites in the coming months.

Uganda NCDI Poverty Commission launches report at World Health Summit Regional Meeting

The Uganda NCDI Poverty Commission launched its final report at a session within the World Health Summit Regional Meeting for Africa in Kampala on June 28.

Co-Chairs

Dr. Gerald Mutungi - Ministry of Health

Dr. Isaac Ssinabulya - Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases, (UINCD) and Uganda Heart Institute

Commissioners

Dr. Olive Kobusingye - Makerere University School of Public Health

Prof. David Guwatudde - Makerere University School of Public Health

Dr. Sr Mary M. Ajiko - Soroti Regional Referral Hospital

Dr. Frank Mugabe - Ministry of Health

Dr. Dan Kajungu - Makerere University CHAP/Iganga Mayuge HDSS

Mr. Christopher Kwizera - Uganda NCD Alliance

Dr. Stanley Bubikire - Ministry of Health

Dr. Hafsa Lukwata - Ministry of Health

Dr. Nathan Kenya-Mugisha - Walimu

Dr. Noleb Mugisha - Uganda Cancer Institute

Dr. Hafsa Kasule - World Health Organization

Dr. Deogracious Munube - Mulago National Referral Hospital/UPA

Dr. Robert Kalyesubula - Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Ms. Martha Nabadda - Ministry of Health and World Health Organization

Prof. Moffat Nyirenda - Medical Research Council Uganda

Mr. Anthony Ddamba - National Medical Stores

Dr. Roy Mayega - Makerere University School of Public Health

Dr. Lumu William - Mengo Hospital/Uganda Christian University

Dr. Emmy Okello - Uganda Heart Institute

Dr. Bruce Kirenga - Makerere University Lung Institute

Prof. Jeremy Schwartz - Yale University School of Medicine

Dr. Sarah Byakika - Ministry of Health

Dr. David Okello - African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation

Mr. Stephen Baryahirwa - Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Coordinator

Dr. Ann R. Akiteng - Ministry of Health and Uganda Initiative for Integrated Management of Non-Communicable Diseases (UINCD)

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