noncommunicable diseases

Local teenage girls resident of Kiamako slum take part in planting a tree near a site of homes destroyed by floods along the bank of Mathare river. Nairobi, Kenya, June 5, 2024.

Youth and the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health: From Commitments to Action

Orange and greenish-blue striped beach umbrellas lined up on an Italian beach with a few people sitting underneath.

Rethinking Skin Cancer: It’s Time to Double Down on Prevention

Close-up on "Africa CDC" sign emblazoned on grey Africa CDC headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Africa’s Contribution to Global Health Security

Children hold signs and giant paper cigarettes emblazoned with "No Smoking" to raise awareness of the harms caused by tobacco products on World No Tobacco Day. Mumbai, India, May 31, 2022.

NCDs Are Coming for Youth. Are They Up for the Fight?

Sunrise in the Transkei region in Eastern Cape Province, one of the poorest and most rural of South Africa’s 9 provinces.

Noncommunicable Diseases

Strapped for Time and Resources: Fighting Stroke in Rural South Africa

Cookies with labels stating their high content in sugar, calories and saturated fat in Santiago, Chile, on June 20, 2016. Image: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty

Food Labels Work, So Why Aren’t More Governments Using Them?

Outside the Mark Sankalé Center for diabetes in Dakar, Senegal. Image Courtesy of Amy Nye.

Diabetes on the Rise in Senegal

Joshua Blumenfeld (left) and Jamie Drummond at Sunday’s NCD communications event moderated by Nejra Cehic. (Image: Brian W. Simpson)

NCD Experts, Change the Name! And Other Valuable Advice

Journalist Hannah McNeish documented hemophilia's devastation and hope in Kenya. Image: Courtesy

More Than a Medical Story: A Q&A with Hannah McNeish

Jane Mugasha coordinates hemophilia services for the Mount Kenya region.

The Muranga Solution: Extending Hemophilia Care to Rural Kenya

Ethan Miruka, 10, receives blood clotting medicine every 48 hours, a procedure that his mother carries out in their family home. It allows him to carry on a normal life.

Hemophilia’s Crippling Cost

A newly established clinic at the Muranga District Hospital extends hemophilia care into Muranga County, Kenya.

“We are Many”: The Race to Treat Hemophilia in Kenya