COHESION Nepal presentations on NCDs
Dr. Nilambar Jha, project co-applicant from Nepal, participated with the paper “Addressing the double burden of disease: Improving health systems for Non-communicable and Neglected Tropical Diseases” at the World NCD Congress held in Chandigarh, India 4-6 November...
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Second co-creation meeting at the community level in Peru
The Peru COHESION team traveled to the communities of Pingola and Sicacate on October 28th and 29th. They participated in a second set of co-creation meetings with community members and discussed interventions with local health workers. Dates and times had been...
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Co-Creation Process in Nepal
Co-creation session in Baniyani. The co-creation process was launched in Nepal in August and aimed at involving stakeholders at different levels in the selection of potential interventions. Two workshops were held in Itahari and Banyani districts. Participants...
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At the beginning of September 2017 in Bern the 4th International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD) was held. The aim of the conference was to present “visionary contributions that will enhance transformations towards sustainable development in countries of...
leer másReframing non-communicable diseases as socially transmitted conditions: it is not about naming, but framing
Allen and Feigl1 fail to emphasize that non-communicable diseases (NCD) were framed and not named in global health discourse. NCDs from a global health perspective are currently thought of as four diseases and four associated risk factors.2 This framing does not...
leer másCo-creation with Communities in Peru
During the weekends of July 21st and 23rd 2017, the COHESION team in Peru visited the communities of Sicacate and Pingola to hold meetings with community members and begin the brainstorming process of future COHESION interventions. Thirty people participated in the...
leer másResearch Assistant from Peru awarded scholarship for ICRD
The fourth edition of the International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD), will be co-hosted by the Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development (r4d programme) and by the University of Bern’s Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)....
leer másSeminar in Peru: Health Policies and Systems Research
The CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases is sharing knowledge, building capacity and mutual understanding of health Policy and Systems Research. Given the growing emphasis on health systems research and the role of health policy in the health of...
leer másSecond Advisory Board Meeting in Peru
On the 15th of June 2017 the Peruvian team had their second Advisory Board meeting of the year. This meeting included the COHESION team in Peru and Advisory Board members Jeanine Anderson, Peter Busse, Cesar Náquira, Flor Calderon and Luz M. Moyano. Maria Amalia...
leer másEngagement activity with stakeholders at the macro level of the health system in Lima- Peru
Summary: Engagement activity with stakeholders at the macro level of the health system in Lima- Peru On May 3, the COHESION project in Peru held a meeting with stakeholders, where stakeholders related to the health sector and the diseases related to the project...
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