News and Stories
Celebrating the Network’s First Five Years
Five years. Twenty-nine countries. Over a hundred PEN-Plus clinics. More than 14,000 patients. Together, the many collaborators that compose the NCDI Poverty Network deliver hope and healthcare to children, adolescents, and young adults navigating the dual challenges of poverty and severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases. And this is just the beginning.
Mozambique Hosts a Regional PEN-Plus Study Tour
The NCDI Poverty Network’s co-secretariat in Maputo, Mozambique, and the Southern Africa Regional Hub recently hosted a study tour to enable representatives from the Ministries of Health of Angola, Eswatini, and Lesotho to learn about PEN-Plus implementation.