NCD Alliance selects National Implementing Partners

As part of a new programme, ‘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 new NCD Alliance grant program aimed at actively supporting national NCD advocacy and action, one of the four main pillars of the NCD Alliance Strategic Plan. By working in partnership with national NCD organisations in three diverse contexts - Brazil, South Africa and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) – the program sets out to build the capacity of advocacy efforts to monitor national progress on NCDs and advocate for improved NCD policies and the strengthening of health systems.
 
Through a rigorous selection process, the following partners have been selected t deliver the program:

• 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 Foundation South Africa, the Patient Health Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations (PHANGO), members respectively of UICC, IDF and WHF.

These local partners in each geographical context have a significant track record in NCD advocacy and coalition building. Each partner will receive an NCD Alliance grant and will be responsible for delivering and reporting on the in-country advocacy activities of this program. These activities include building networks of action, conducting national level research to monitor progress on NCDs and identifying gaps, developing dialogue with governments and other key stakeholders, and advocating for improved NCD policies, programs and health systems strengthening.
 
Cary Adams, CEO of UICC and Chair of the NCD Alliance said: “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.”
 
“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”.
 
As part of ‘Strengthening Health Systems, Supporting NCD Action’, the NCD Alliance will be producing an NCD Advocacy Toolkit to support national advocacy efforts across the world.
 
For more information on the program and the selected National Implementing Partners, please visit: http://ncdalliance.org/supportingNCDaction