The kick-off meeting of SUNI-SEA project activities in one of our research sites, Batang District in Central Java Indonesia was attended by SUNISEA project officials and stakeholders from Batang districts.
Scaling-up NCD Interventions in South-East Asia (SUNI-SEA)
Through evidence-based research in Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam, SUNI-SEA will help inform countries how to effectively scale up strategies to tackle non-communicable diseases.
A worldwide health concern
Non-communicable disease or NCDs is a worldwide health concern in particular in developing countries. In South-East Asian countries, more than half of all deaths are caused by NCDs.
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INDONESIA
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Source: World Health Organization – Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD) Country Profiles, 2018.
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The last work package, Global NCD instruments, focuses on evidence-based methods in scaling-up NCD interventions and using them for sustainability and global innovative approaches in prevention and management, especially with regard to hypertension and diabetes.
This work package will provide capacity building to professionals in primary health care services and community organisations that will carry out preventive activities. It will evaluate perform research into existing training modules and clinical guidelines, and coordinate education activities, based on clinical guidelines and internationally recognised best practices.
Read more at www.suni-sea.org/en/project/global-ncd-instruments/
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Global NCD instruments for scaling-up
The work package ‘Global NCD instruments’ will provide capacity building to professionals in primary health care services and community organisations that will carry out preventive activities.