Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) pose a heavy burden on global health and economic security, with severe impact on low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires urgent action towards prioritizing NCDs in the design and implementation of health policies and essential health service packages, ensuring sustainable financing mechanisms to pay for services and maximizing opportunities for service integration, so that “health for all” can become an equitable reality.
How can we change the NCD paradigm to adopt a systems approach to service delivery? What will it take to scale up and scale out NCD services? This webinar convenes health systems experts, national leaders and donors to unpack how, and how not, to organize and ensure NCD services are delivered.
Speakers:
Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director, Department for NCDs, WHO
Dr Surayadalil, Director, Special Programme on PHC, WHO
Dr Farshad Farzadfar, Head of NCD Research Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Member of National NCD Committee
Dr Fasika Teferra, Founder, Crohn’s and Colitis Organization Ethiopia
Prof Ole Frithjof Norheim, Dept of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen
Dr Gene Bukhman, Director, Program in Global NCDs and Social Change, Harvard University
Ms Erika Placella, Deputy Head of Global Program Health Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Moderated by
Dr Temo Waqanivalu, Unit Head, Integrated Service Delivery Department for NCDs, WHO