A total of 120
NCD coordinators attended the four-day activity from July 16-21, 2019 at Ciudad Christia Resort in San Mateo, Rizal.
The Kampungku Sihat programme is a MOH's initiative in a bid to enhance public awareness on the importance of preventing
NCD.
Laura Musah, National Coordinator for Ghana
NCD Alliance, appealed to the government to increase the tariff on alcohol, for it to be used for the treatment of patients suffering Non-Communicable Diseases such as stroke, hypertension and diabetes among others.
Aside from the studies described above, the data around
NCD service availability, readiness and utilization in Vietnam are limited.
Recommended
NCD interventions will be merged with the recommendations for RMNCH and communicable diseases related interventions during deliberation in the coming days.
Chairman/Managing Director, CNL, Jeff Ewing, explains the company's stance on
NCD thus: 'At Chevron Nigeria Limited, we demonstrate our commitment to the socio-economic development of Nigeria by building mutually-beneficial partnerships and supporting the policies of government on Nigerian Content Development.
The National
NCD Policy and Strategic Plan (2016-2021) were launched, and additional guiding policies, such as a National Cancer Policy and Radiation Guidelines, are nearing completion.
With the return to civilian rule in 1996, the huge responsibility of
NCD to deliver on its good governancemandate was given a boost through the Superseding Act # 3 of 1996 (the NPRC Decrees Repeal and Modification Act).
This spring, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final National Coverage Determination (
NCD) for next-generation sequencing (NGS) for Medicare beneficiaries with advanced cancer.
The Department of Health (DOH) encouraged the public to participate in its mobile phone survey about non-communicable diseases (
NCD).
If infectious diseases, violence or accidents do not kill us, an
NCD will eventually cause our death.
