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NCDA Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action: HCC Selected as National Implementing Partner for the Caribbean!
NCD Alliance selects National Implementing Partners in the Caribbean, Brazil and South Africa:
“The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) is a strong regional NCD civil society alliance with a multiplier advocacy effect".
"The NCD Alliance congratulates HCC on their selection and we look forward to working together to inspire change for people at risk or living with NCDs in the Caribbean”.
Cary Adams, CEO of UICC and Chair of the NCD Alliance
As part of a new program, ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’, the NCD Alliance has competitively selected National Implementing Partners in the Caribbean region, Brazil and South Africa.
‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’ is a program designed to build the capacity of NCD civil society to monitor national progress on NCDs and to advocate for improved NCD policies and the strengthening of health systems.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) – cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease - kill approximately 36 million per year, with 80% of these deaths occurring in low- and middle-income countries. If current trends continue, this figure is projected to rise to 52 million deaths by 2030. Governments agreed at the 2013 World Health Assembly to a global monitoring framework with a target to reduce overall preventable NCD mortality by 25% by 2025, and a WHO Global NCD Action Plan 2013-2020. Reaching this target and the ambitions of the Plan will now require significant progress at the country level, through government leadership and robust policies, and a strong NCD civil society presence to hold governments accountable.
In support of these efforts and following a rigorous selection process, the NCD Alliance has selected National Implementing Partners in the Caribbean region, Brazil and South Africa to deliver the ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’ program. The selected partners are:
- The Healthy Caribbean Coalition (HCC) - a member of the World Heart Federation (WHF)
- Alliance for Control of Tobacco Use Brazil (ACT) - a member of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
- The newly created South African NCD Alliance (SA NCDA) which brings together the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), Diabetes South Africa (DSA), the Heart and Stroke Association of South Africa, the Patient Health Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations (PHANGO), members respectively of UICC, IDF and WHF
Cary Adams, CEO of UICC and Chair of the NCD Alliance stated “The NCD Alliance congratulates the National Implementing Partners on their selection and we look forward to working together to inspire change for the millions of people at risk or living with NCDs today”. Adams said of the Program and National Implementing Partner selection: “Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’ generously supported by Medtronic Philanthropy, is part of the NCD Alliance’s efforts to translate global commitments into national action by building the capacity of civil society. The National Implementing Partners we have selected in the Caribbean region, Brazil and South Africa will play a key role in supporting their Governments meet their global commitments. They will also provide us with valuable lessons and best practices to export globally.”
Professor Trevor Hassell, President of the HCC was extremely pleased with the announcement and commented:
"The HCC has a long history with the NCD Alliance and Medtronic and we commend them for the vision in bringing this project to realisation. We are proud to have been selected as NCDA National Implementing Partners for this valuable initiative and we congratulate our counterparts in Brazil and South AFrica in their selection. Through this grant, the HCC is committed to continuing our work aimed at strengthening the capacity of Caribbean civil society organisations to effectively advocate for improved NCD prevention policies and programmes and hold their governments accountable to regional and international NCD commitments. We look forward to working closely with the NCDA and our regional and International partners over the next two years as we collectively work towards building a more empowered and active CSO-led NCD Advocacy movement in the Caribbean."
For more information on the project here.
Visit the NCD Alliance website www.ncdalliance.org
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