In Indonesia, we are currently in the intervention phase of the SUNI-SEA project. Our work continues to focus on the capacity building of Posbindu cadres, who are playing a critical role in this project. In collaboration with staff from the local district Public Health Departments ...
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Taking a comprehensive approach to implementation of project activities in Vietnam
The situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam had created all kinds of complications, but with the high rate of COVID vaccination coverage, the spread of the virus in many areas ...
Publications in the SUNI-SEA project
The SUNI-SEA project has reached the three years’ landmark of implementation. Officially, there is one year left in the project. However, we will apply to the European Commission for a six-months’ no-cost extension, to compensate for the delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. That will give the consortium more time to complete the planned interventions and to collect data for...
Sharing experience and building skills at the European Public Health Conference
SUNI-SEA researchers jointly facilitated online workshop titled ‘Community Based NCDs Prevention and Control: What Can we Learn from Research in South- East Asia?’ at the European Public Health ...
Interview with SUNI-SEA project coordinator: Half way into the project
We are now half way into the project. Last week, we catch up with Dr Jaap Koot, SUNI-SEA Project Coordinator on how the project has been implemented given the unexpected COVID-19 situation.
The SUNI-SEA project’s adaptation in Myanmar to address barriers and meet community needs
Considering the challenging situation in Myanmar and the increasing demand for mental health support, the SUNI- SEA project (scaling up non -communicable interventions in Southeast Asia) ...
Community-based health interventions work best with cultural and contextual adaptation
Community-based health interventions (CBHIs) have been shown to promote health more effectively when tailored to sociocultural aspects linked to health perception, for instance ...
A gold medal for Prof Martin Rusnak
Professor Martin Rusnak, Department of Public Health of the Trnava University, SUNI-SEA ‘Work Package 3 (Global NCD Instruments)’ leader, was awarded a gold medal from the the Slovak Society of Epidemiology and ...
Increasing wealth for better health
As part of SUNI-SEA project which aims to reduce NCDs burden in the community, income generation activities (IGA) were included as part of the wider project activity to increase household income ...
SUNI-SEA webinar series at Trvana University
Employees and students of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Work of the Trnava University, who participate in the international project SUNI-SEA (Scaling-up NCD Interventions in South-East Asia), ...
SUNI-SEA Project in Indonesia – Achieving positive progress amidst the pandemic
During the first quarter of this year, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, we managed to achieve a few important ...
Together we can prevent NCDs and improve wellbeing and access to healthcare for all
The human cost of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is high with the World Health Organization (WHO) attributing over 71% of the annual global deaths to NCDs. The burden ...