Oct 30, 2018 | NCD, Peru, Publications
The story of success of Centro en Enfermedades Crónicas – CRONICAS, our partner in Peru, was highlighted in a recent publication of Nature (see here). An excerpt of the publication: “Now nine years old, CRONICAS has evolved into one of Latin America’s...
Oct 29, 2018 | Dissemination, Health Policy, Meetings, NCD, Nepal, NTD, Videos
During a site visit to Nepal in 2017, representatives from the Ministry of Health, Organizations and academia met COHESION Project partners and funders to discuss research findings from Mozambique, Nepal and Peru; potential interventions and implications for health...
Oct 24, 2018 | Articles, Community Health Perceptions, Dissemination, NCD, NTD, Peru, Publications
The paper entitled “Food Perceptions and Dietary Changes for Chronic Condition Management in Rural Peru: Insights for Health Promotion” was published in Nutrients special issue “Nutrition and Chronic Conditions” (see here) on 23 October 2018....
Oct 15, 2018 | Health Policy, NCD
At the end of September this year in New York, the United Nations (UN) held a High-Level Meeting on Noncommunicable diseases (NCD). This followed from the first such meeting held in 2011. In 2011 this meeting was a landmark as it was the first time a health issue was...
Feb 8, 2018 | COHESION matters, Meetings, NCD, Nepal, NTD, Presentation, Updates
COHESION team members; Dr. Claudia Rutte, SNF r4d Project Coordinator; Prof. Dr. Joanna Schellenberg and Dr Andrew Cassels, SNF r4d Advisors met for a first site visit to Nepal from November 27th to December 2nd 2017. The goal of the one-week meeting was to share...
Dec 5, 2017 | Health Policy, NCD, news, policy analysis, Presentation, Team
At the beginning of November 2017, COHESION presented the results of its global policy analysis on NCDs at the annual symposium of Medicus Mundi Switzerland entitled «No business as usual against non-communicable diseases » (see here). The aim of this year’s...
