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Civil Society Resource Library
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This NCD Alliance report on the Civil Society Solidarity Fund on NCDs and COVID-19 is based on the efforts of the 20 NCD alliances that were recipients of the fund in 2020.
Tobacco use in the Americas is one of the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and continues to be a major public health concern. We, therefore, welcome the presentation of this Mid-term Review of the Strategy and Plan of Action to Strengthen Tobacco Control in the Region of the Americas 2018-2022.
This NCD Alliance report on the Advocacy Institute 2017-2019 is based on the contributions from the 14 national NCD alliances who participated in the Seed and Accelerator programmes during this period. The NCDA’s Advocacy Institute Seed Programme promotes and supports coalition building and establishes the foundations for effective NCD advocacy through in-person trainings around major global milestones, webinars, tailored technical assistance, peer support, as well as annual seed grants.
To showcase NCD civil society efforts in bridging the gap on NCDs, and to coincide with the third Global NCD Alliance Forum 2020 taking place in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, the NCD Alliance has developed the ‘NCD Atlas - Bridging the Gap on NCDs through Civil Society Action: Initiatives of National and Regional NCD Alliances’ publication.
Expanding Access to Care, Supporting Global, Regional and Country level NCD Action, was a 5-year NCD Alliance programme during 2013-2017, aimed at strengthening NCD civil society capacity to stimulate progress on NCD prevention and control. The report documents the programme, outlining good practices and lesson learned, highlighting achievements, and providing examples of successful approaches with the potential for replication in other settings.
The NCD Alliance’s Mapping of NCD Civil Society Organisations in Francophone sub-Saharan Africa launched on 13 June 2019 in Dakar, Senegal, during a regional capacity development workshop organised by the NCD Alliance with the support of Sanofi, is based on the results of the online survey done with representatives of 45 CSOs from 13 countries and in-depth interviews with 10 key informants.
ACT Health Promotion launched the Civil Society NCD Status Report for Brazil on April 9th at the 4th Intersectorial Forum on the Fight Against NCDs organised by the Public Health Institute. The report was supported through NCD Alliance’s NCD Advocacy Institute Accelerator Programme and is intended to stimulate government and relevant stakeholder action on NCDs.
This Advocacy Agenda of PLWNCDs in Mexico is the result of broad consultative processes during 2017 and 2018 involving dozens of people living with NCDs in Mexico City, representing diverse conditions, along with multiple stakeholders engaged in the NCD response in the country.