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    <lastmod>2026-03-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Journal Series to Explore Integration Science as Key to Meeting Global Health Challenges - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Linda Alberto receives treatment for her sickle cell disease at the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique. PEN-Plus, an integrated care delivery strategy designed for low-resource settings, is the most advanced example of integration science in action. (Photo: ©Ivan Simone Congolo/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Journal Series to Explore Integration Science as Key to Meeting Global Health Challenges - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Linda Alberto (on her mother’s lap) and older sister Sara (left foreground) have regular checkups at the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique, where a team of clinicians—including Dr. Lindolfo dos Santos (standing) and Dr. Charles Chale (right foreground)—guide their care for sickle cell disease. (Photo: ©Ivan Simone Congolo/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/icppa-2026-call-for-abstracts</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Research Sought on PEN-Plus in Africa - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>At the inaugural International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa, held in Dar es Salaam in 2024, Wendy Bennett (in blue), co-founder of the Foundation for Cardiovascular Care in Africa, had the opportunity to discuss sickle cell disease research with Dr. Yusuf Dabo, a researcher at the Institute for Development Research at Ahmadu Bello University, in Zaria, Nigeria. (Photo: Courtesy of the WHO Regional Office for Africa)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/kenya-nop-analysis</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - ‘Positioned as a Solution’: Three Intensive Years Preceded Kenya’s National Plan for PEN-Plus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Participants in the event celebrating the launch of Kenya’s PEN-Plus National Operational Plan included, from left, Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, board chairperson, NCD Alliance Kenya; Dr. Neil Gupta, senior director of policy, NCDI Poverty Network; Dr. Joseph Mogga, technical officer for NCDs and risk factors, World Health Organization; Dr. Catherine Karekezi, PEN-Plus implementer, NCD Alliance Kenya; and Dr. Natnael Abebe, regional advisor for East Africa, NCDI Poverty Network. (Photo: Courtesy of NCD Alliance Kenya)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - ‘Positioned as a Solution’: Three Intensive Years Preceded Kenya’s National Plan for PEN-Plus - “We wanted to base our PEN-Plus National Operational Plan on evidence, data, and decision-making—but also to support evidence generation in the implementation of the plan itself.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>—Dr. Yvette Kisaka, Technical Lead for PEN-Plus, Sickle Cell Disease, and Cardiovascular Diseases, Kenya Ministry of Health</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/umu-barrie</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-Plus Empowers Schoolteacher Living with Type 1 Diabetes in Sierra Leone - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Umu Barrie, a schoolteacher, receives her type 1 diabetes care at the PEN-Plus clinic in Koidu, Sierra Leone. (Photo: © Michael Duff/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/malawi-master-training</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Master Training Program Builds Momentum in Malawi - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Malawi health care providers gather on the shore of Lake Malawi for a light moment during a weeklong master trainer course in early February. Leading the session, which focused on mentorship and teaching skills, were Medson Boti, PEN-Plus clinical officer for Partners In Health Malawi (fourth from left); Dr. Marta Patiño Rodriguez, associate director of education and training for the NCDI Poverty Network (fifth from left); Dr. Brown Khongo, NCD and mental health director for Partners In Health Malawi (third from right); and Gedeon Ngoga, clinical advisor for the Network (second from right). (Photo: Courtesy of Partners In Health Malawi)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/cameroon-clinic-openings</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-27</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Cameroon Opens Its First PEN-Plus Clinics - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Clinicians at the new PEN-Plus clinic at Mfou District Hospital in Cameroon gathered in December 2025. Second from right is Dr. Yauba Saidu, country director of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) Cameroon. (Photo: Courtesy of CHAI Cameroon)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/cameroon-launches-pen-plus-clinics</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Ethiopia Launches PEN-Plus National Operating Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Mekdes Daba, Ethiopia’s minister of health, provided remarks at the launch ceremony of the country’s PEN-Plus National Operational Plan. (All photos courtesy of the Mathiwos Wondu Foundation)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Ethiopia Launches PEN-Plus National Operating Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Ethiopia Launches PEN-Plus National Operating Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ethiopia health officials gather with representatives of the NCDI Poverty Network, Mathiwos Wondu Foundation, and other partners at the Jan. 22 launch.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Ethiopia Launches PEN-Plus National Operating Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network, gave remarks at Ethiopia’s launch event.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/peer-support-expansion</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Peer Support a Growing Focus of Noncommunicable Disease Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Camp Tuli Bonse—an integrated PEN-Plus camp held near Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2025—was born from the idea that integrated care and support could extend beyond clinical settings, with benefits that transcend those of physical health. The camp brought together nearly 60 young people living with either type 1 diabetes or sickle cell disease for five days of health education, empowerment, and peer support. (Photo by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Peer Support a Growing Focus of Noncommunicable Disease Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Betty Bankah (left), a family physician and board chair for Diabetes Youth Care, stands with Dr. Apoorva Gomber, associate director of advocacy for the NCDI Poverty Network, at the annual ISPAD conference in November 2025 in Montreal, Canada. Dr. Bankah is holding a picture of Emmanuella Selasi Hormenoo, an international advocate for people living with type 1 diabetes. Dr. Bankah helped Hormenoo get a correct diagnosis and care for her diabetes when Hormenoo was a child.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Peer Support a Growing Focus of Noncommunicable Disease Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Young people living with either type 1 diabetes or sickle cell disease share their experiences during a session about advocacy and empowerment at Camp Tuli Bonse in August 2025 near Lusaka, Zambia. Dr. Colin Pfaff, associate director of programs for both the NCDI Poverty Network at the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, stands at center in a red medic shirt. (Photo by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/diabetes-self-management-liberia</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Type 1 Diabetes Study in Liberia Shows Value of Patient Education and Peer Support - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Community health worker (CHW) Tina Thomas checks a patient’s blood sugar at J.J. Dossen Memorial Hospital in Harper, Liberia, in November 2021, when a study about diabetes education was underway. Thomas herself was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2017 and received care at J. J. Dossen. She was in critical condition when first admitted, recovered, and now is affectionately known as "Patient No. 1” at the hospital’s NCD clinic. As a CHW, Thomas provides diabetes education at the clinic and in local communities. (Photo: © Jason Amoo / Partners In Health)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Type 1 Diabetes Study in Liberia Shows Value of Patient Education and Peer Support - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Self-management education for patients is a critical complement to the care they receive with care providers in PEN-Plus clinics. (Photo: © Ivan Simone Congolo/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Type 1 Diabetes Study in Liberia Shows Value of Patient Education and Peer Support - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pleebo Health Center in rural Maryland County, Liberia, participated in a groundbreaking study on self-management education for people living with type 1 diabetes. The health center is shown in May 2025, when construction of a new call-room was underway to improve accommodations and services for health center staff. (Photo: © Ansumana O. Sesay / Partners In Health)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/yismaw-nigussie-profile</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - An Ethiopian Teenager’s Return to Health and Learning - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>For several years, without funds for transportation or food, Yismaw Nigussie, a 15-year-old living in rural northern Ethiopia, would risk his health even getting to the clinic that provided treatment for his type 1 diabetes. Then a routine assessment changed the trajectory of his life. (Photo: Courtesy of the Mathiwos Wondu Foundation)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/fifth-anniversary</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Celebrating the Network’s First Five Years - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The NCDI Poverty Network launched in December 2020 to expand access to lifesaving treatments for children, adolescents, and adults living with severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases in extreme poverty. In its first five years, the Network has helped transform its best-known solution—PEN-Plus, an integrated health delivery model—from an idea into a vibrant international movement, with 29 partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia, and the Caribbean.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Celebrating the Network’s First Five Years</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/bash-amuneni-spoken-word</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Nigerian Artist Turns PEN-Plus into Poetry - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Artist, poet, and creative consultant Bash Amuneni performs his spoken word piece, “This is How We Will All Win,” during the second annual International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa, held in Abuja, Nigeria, in July.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Nigerian Artist Turns PEN-Plus into Poetry - “A movement born of necessity, clothed in dignity: PEN-Plus. No longer a whisper of hope, but a pulse of promise in the health center door.”</image:title>
      <image:caption>— Bash Amuneni, “This is How We Will All Win”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/diabetes-song</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Diabetes Song Brings Music to Mozambique Peer Groups - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A peer group for type 1 diabetes at the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique, uses music such as the “Diabetes” song to build a sense of community. (Photo: Ivanilson Abilio/NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Diabetes Song Brings Music to Mozambique Peer Groups - “Diabetes” (English translation)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Diabetes is a chronic disease, yeah, it arises from excessive consumption of sweet things. Many people are losing their lives to diabetes Many families are losing their lives to diabetes When the body cannot control blood sugar levels, when the body has high blood sugar levels; It's diabetes, dad, be careful, mom, children can also be born with diabetes Chorus: Diabetes is a chronic disease, yeah, there is still no cure, but it can be controlled; Diabetes is a chronic disease, yeh, there is still no cure, but it can be controlled; (Full lyrics below. Pictured is Jacob Machacue Fernando, aka Mr. Nfumo)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/kenya-nop-launch</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Kenya’s Milestones in Noncommunicable Disease Care Follow Years of Collaboration&amp;nbsp; - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Yvette Kisaka, technical lead for PEN-Plus, sickle cell disease and cardiovascular diseases at the Kenya Ministry of Health, speaks at Kenya’s inaugural National NCD Conference in November 2025 as Dr. Neil Gupta (left), senior director of policy for the NCDI Poverty Network, looks on. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, a member of the Network’s Steering Committee)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Kenya’s Milestones in Noncommunicable Disease Care Follow Years of Collaboration&amp;nbsp; - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Representatives from the Kenya Ministry of Health, NCD Alliance Kenya, the NCDI Poverty Network, and partners gather to watch Dr. Ouma Oluga, principal secretary for medical services at the Ministry of Health, cut the ribbon on Kenya’s inaugural National NCD Conference, which featured the launch of a PEN-Plus National Operational Plan and capped years of collaboration on NCD care.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Kenya’s Milestones in Noncommunicable Disease Care Follow Years of Collaboration&amp;nbsp; - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Proudly displaying Kenya’s new PEN-Plus National Operational Plan are, from left, Dr. Neil Gupta, senior director of policy, NCDI Poverty Network; Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, board chairperson, NCD Alliance Kenya; Dr. Ouma Oluga, principal secretary for medical services, Kenya Ministry of Health; and Hon. Aden Duale, cabinet secretary, Kenya Ministry of Health.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/pen-connect-launch</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-CONNECT Launches in Maputo - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Participants in the PEN-CONNECT launch included the project’s co-principal investigators, Dr. Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, an associate professor of global health at the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands (seated, third from left), and Dr. Ana Mocumbi, an associate professor of cardiology at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique (seated, fourth from left).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-CONNECT Launches in Maputo - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The PEN-CONNECT co-principal investigators, Dr. Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch (left), a professor at the University Medical Center Utrecht, and Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network, share a laugh during the launch of the new initiative. (Photos courtesy of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/ispad-2025</loc>
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      <image:caption>Sanjanaa Seshadri, advancement coordinator, and Mike Lawrence, communications manager—both members of the Boston co-secretariat of the NCDI Poverty Network—were on hand to talk about PEN-Plus during the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes annual conference, held this year in Montreal. (Photo: Rachel Gasana)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network, told a global audience at ISPAD 2025 in Montreal that the PEN-Plus model of care for noncommunicable diseases is building stronger health systems and improving care for type 1 diabetes through expanded training, resources and collaboration.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Edna Siima Majaliwa, a pediatric endocrinologist at Muhimbili National Hospital, discussed Tanzania’s experience with PEN-Plus during her ISPAD presentation, “Insights on Implementing Care Models in Varied Resource Settings.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/align-t1d-launch</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-05</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - ‘A Real Winning Strategy’: New Partnership Aims to Improve Global Access to Type 1 Diabetes Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The recent ALIGN-T1D launch event was celebratory, but also serious, as a panel discussion drew thoughtful consideration of challenges and opportunities around increasing access to medicine and resources for type 1 diabetes. ALIGN-T1D aims to reach 165,000 people living with type 1 diabetes in low- and middle-income regions in the initiative’s first phase.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Partnerships, inclusion, and shared engagement will be key components of ALIGN-T1D, which aims to use collective action and resources to expand diabetes care in health policies and systems. (Screenshots by NCDI Poverty Network, courtesy of ALIGN-T1D.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>An October study tour was a landmark event for Bangladesh’s PEN-Plus program, which began just last February and already is expanding operations in two districts. The study tour hosted health leaders from Bhutan, Cambodia, and Pakistan.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>During a late October study tour organized by UNICEF Bangladesh, in collaboration with the country’s Ministry of Health, delegates including health leaders from Bhutan, Cambodia, and Pakistan posed with NCDI Poverty Network leaders and partners.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-18</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Misconceptions in her community led Naomi Mwila to lose hope in her future after her type 1 diagnosis. But that hope has been restored by the support she receives at the PEN-Plus clinic in her hometown of Lusaka, Zambia, and by a week in August at Camp Tuli Bonse, an integrated PEN-Plus camp where peer support and mentorship from other warriors living with noncommunicable diseases restored her ability to dream. (All photos by DOD Media Hub, courtesy of the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia.)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Naomi Mwila (seated at right in purple headband, facing the group) participates in an advocacy session at Camp Tuli Bonse in August. Nearly 60 youth and young adults living with type 1 diabetes or sickle cell disease attended the weeklong camp, which focused on empowerment, education and peer support. In this session, participants shared their experiences with misconceptions and stigma, and talked about possibilities for positive changes.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/emmanuella-hormenoo-world-health-summit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>In Berlin earlier this month, Emmanuella Selasi Hormenoo, a 24-year-old living with type 1 diabetes and a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate, represented people with lived experience on two World Health Summit panels.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/mozambique-hosts-study-tour</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Mozambique Hosts a Regional PEN-Plus Study Tour - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>From left: Dr. Sheila Tualufo, director of the National NCD Control Program for the Mozambique Ministry of Health; Dr. Suzana Trindade of the Angola Ministry of Health; and Emilio Monteiro of the WHO Mozambique Office share a moment at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane’s Scientific Conference, held Sept. 16 in Maputo. (Photo by Joao Cardoso for the NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/nigeria-launches-implementation-plan</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-11-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>In September, Nigeria inaugurated its National PEN-Plus Implementation Steering Committee and finalized plans for caring for people living with such conditions as type 1 diabetes, sickle cell disease, and childhood heart disease.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/pen-plus-in-the-other-spotlight-during-unga-week</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Mohamed Janabi, director of the WHO African Region, joined the NCDI Poverty Network’s High-Level Advisory Group meeting on Sept. 23, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City. There he voiced strong support for the PEN-Plus package of integrated clinical services for people living with severe noncommunicable diseases. Listening at far left is Dr. Neil Gupta, senior director of policy for the Network, while Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the Network, takes notes. (Photo by Andrea Fleurant, NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Neil Gupta (far right), senior director of policy for the NCDI Poverty Network, stands with fellow panelists at a Sept. 24 event on accelerating prevention and care for children and adolescents affected by NCDs. UNICEF USA hosted the event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York City. Also shown are James Reid (at left), type 1 diabetes program officer for The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, and Dr. Fouzia Shafique (third from right), associate director of health for UNICEF. (Photo courtesy of UNICEF USA)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>NCDI Poverty Network advisory group members, staff, and partners pose together at the Network’s High-Level Advisory Group Meeting, held Sept. 23 in New York City. Kneeling in front, from left, are Network Co-Chair Dr. Ana Mocumbi; Dr. Mohamed Janabi, director of the WHO African Region; and Network Co-Chair Dr. Gene Bukhman.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-24</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - PHOTO GALLERY: Camp Tuli Bonse, Lusaka, Zambia - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Medical team members and camp mentors lead young people living with type 1 diabetes in a dance designed to show the best places on the body to inject insulin, during an educational session at Camp Tuli Bonse in Lusaka, Zambia, in August 2025. (All photos by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - ‘I Am a Warrior’: PEN-Plus Camp Shows the Power of Peer Support for Young People Living with Severe NCDs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>During a warm-up dance at Camp Tuli Bonse, sickle cell warrior Dorothy Lupupa (third from center left, in the black headband) shares a laugh with Luwi Chikotola, a type 1 diabetes warrior and camp counselor. (Photo by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Indrex Chisawa, known as Dr. Rex and the founder of Reach a Child Initiative Zambia, which advocates for genetic testing for sickle cell disease, sits with a warrior at Camp Tuli Bonse near Lusaka, Zambia, in August. Dr. Rex spread messages of empowerment and strength throughout the week, which focused on health education and peer support for nearly 60 young people living with type 1 diabetes or sickle cell. (Photo by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Camp counselors including Emmanuel Kisembo, smiling in the purple shirt with his arms raised, lead type 1 diabetes warriors at Camp Tuli Bonse in a dance that highlights the best parts of the body for injecting insulin. (Photo by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - ‘I Am a Warrior’: PEN-Plus Camp Shows the Power of Peer Support for Young People Living with Severe NCDs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pauline Nalungwe, who has been a nurse in Zambia for more than 40 years and currently works in the PEN-Plus clinic at Mwachisompola First-Level Hospital, shares a quiet moment with a young warrior at Camp Tuli Bonse in August. (Photo by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - ‘I Am a Warrior’: PEN-Plus Camp Shows the Power of Peer Support for Young People Living with Severe NCDs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Esnart Banda, a 21-year-old sickle cell warrior and a counselor at Camp Tuli Bonse, participates in a group activity while standing next to Daniel Malowa, an 11-year-old sickle cell warrior who lives in north-central Zambia, about eight hours away from the camp near Lusaka. (Photo by DOD Media Hub)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/75th-who-regional-committee-for-africa</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-09-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - African Health Leaders Call for a Greater Investment in Integrated Models of Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>At a high-level side event during the 75th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in late August, delegates emphasized the urgent need for equitable access to prevention, screening, treatment, and rehabilitation across the continuum of care for people living with severe noncommunicable diseases. Representing the NCDI Poverty Network at the side event was one of the Network’s co-chairs, Dr. Ana Mocumbi (shown holding a blue sign that reads, “PEN-Plus is increasing access to services for severe chronic diseases in Africa”). Dr. Mohamed Janabi, WHO Regional Director for Africa, stands beside her, holding a pink sign focused on women’s cancers. (Photo: World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/shumirai-magidi</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-10-31</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Her Heart Now Mended, Shumirai Magidi Reclaims Her Independence - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>In May 2025, Shumirai Magidi shared with SolidarMed, the implementing partner for the PEN-Plus clinic in Zimbabwe, her experience of living with rheumatic heart disease. (Photo: ©Laura Ruckstuhl)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/children-inclusion-advocacy</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Making the Case for Inclusion of Children Ahead of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ten-year-old João Sebastião and his two-year-old sister, Cristina, sit with their mother outside their home after receiving treatment for sickle cell disease at the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique. (Photo: ©Ivan Simone Congolo/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/zambia-fourth-and-fifth-clinics</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Open for Care: Zambia Cuts the Ribbon on Fourth and Fifth PEN-Plus Clinics - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, or CIDRZ, recently announced the July opening of a PEN-Plus clinic at Chifubu Level 1 Hospital in Ndola, shown above. The Scottish Government has supported both that clinic and Zambia’s fifth clinic, which launched at Chipata District Hospital in Eastern Province in August. (Photo courtesy of CIDRZ)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/somaliland-joins-network</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Republic of Somaliland Joins the Network - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Following an event marking the Republic of Somaliland’s official partnership with the NCDI Poverty Network, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi (seated at the end of the table) met with three Network representatives: Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair (fifth from left); Dr. Neil Gupta, senior director of policy (fourth from left); and Dr. Natnael Abebe (second from left), regional advisor for East Africa.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/icppa-2025-wrapup</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Health Leaders Commit to Accelerating PEN-Plus in Africa - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>“This conference marks a pivotal moment in our collective efforts to combat the growing burden of NCDs in Africa,” said Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, Nigeria’s minister of state for health and social welfare, at the second International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa. “PEN-Plus addresses a critical gap in healthcare for the world’s poorest billion. By scaling up the model, we can ensure that lifesaving care reaches those who need it most, regardless of their location.” (Photo: Courtesy of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/monitoring-and-evaluation-toolkit</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Toolkit Offers Guidance for Monitoring and Evaluating PEN-Plus Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Amza Musa, an eight-year-old living with sickle cell disease, attends an appointment with Emmanuel Fofanah, a clinical officer at the PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital in eastern Sierra Leone. (Photo: ©Michael Duff/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/icppa-media-coverage-nigeria</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-29</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - ICPPA Positions Nigeria as Leading PEN-Plus Advocate, Media Coverage Shows - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Members of the Nigerian delegation to the second International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa gather for an official portrait behind a row of opening ceremony presenters, from left: Dr. Alex Gasasira, acting WHO representative to Nigeria; Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the WHO representative to Ethiopia; Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, Nigeria’s minister of state for health and social welfare; Dr. Olubunmi Aribeana, director of food and drug services for the Nigeria’s Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; and Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network. (Photo: Courtesy of the WHO Regional Office for Africa)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/zambia-launches-national-operational-plan</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Zambia Launches National Operational Plan - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>During a launch event in Lusaka, Dr. Carolyn Bolton, interim chief executive officer for the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), holds a copy of Zambia’s newly minted national operational plan for PEN-Plus as Dr. Elijah Muchima, the country’s Minister of Health, cuts a ceremonial ribbon. Onlookers include Dr. Fastone Goma (second from left), principal investigator of the PEN-Plus Project at CIDRZ. (Photo courtesy of CIDRZ)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/camp-tuli-bonse-preview</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Camp to Bring Together Youth Living with Severe Conditions for Fun, Solidarity, and Support - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Zambia Camp Tulibonse, a four-day event held in September 2024 for young people living with type 1 diabetes, combined art, entertainment, and sports activities with education on self-management of the condition. The camp was sponsored by the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (better known as CIDRZ), along with the Diabetic Association of Zambia and the Sonia Nabeta Foundation. (Photo: Courtesy of CIDRZ)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/icppa-2025-preview</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-Plus Conference in Africa Offers Virtual Participation - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in April 2024, drew more than 400 participants from 52 countries. The second installment in the conference series will be a smaller, more technically focused gathering that is still expected to draw a global audience virtually.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/study-on-how-care-is-delivered</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Examining the Patient’s Entire Journey - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Umu Barrie, a schoolteacher who lives with type 1 diabetes, registers her details with Joshua Kamara, a data clerk at the PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital in the Kono District of Sierra Leone. Partners In Health is the implementing partner for that clinic. (Photo: ©Michael Duff/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/sierra-leone-peer-education</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Clinicians and Peer Educators Share Tools for Diabetes Self-Management - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Allen Nabisere, a clinical officer for the Sonia Nabeta Foundation in Jinja, Uganda, presents a certificate of completion for peer support training to Lilian Kube Philipe, a clinical officer at the PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital in Sierra Leone. Christine Nabatanzi, warrior coordinator for the Sonia Nabeta Foundation, stands at left, beaming.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/ana-mocumbi-science-medal</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-06-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Mozambique Celebrates Dr. Ana Mocumbi’s Outstanding Contributions to Science - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Eduardo Samo Gudo, director general of the National Institute of Health of Mozambique, and Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network, each hold the Medal of Merit for Science and Technology bestowed upon them by the Republic of Mozambique.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/francophone-webinar-series</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Webinar Series Solidifies PEN-Plus Collaboration Among&amp;nbsp;Francophone Countries - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A successful PEN-Plus study tour in the Kono District of Sierra Leone inspired the launch of a webinar series for Francophone countries. (Photo: Andrea Fleurant/NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/rachel-gasana-un-testimony</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-06-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - At a United Nations Hearing, Network Provides Testimony on Global Health Gaps - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>During the United Nations’ recent multistakeholder hearing on noncommunicable diseases, Rachel Gasana (left), senior director of advancement for the NCDI Poverty Network, advocated for expanding the global NCD agenda to include severe conditions and younger populations. Seated beside her is Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, secretary of the NCD Alliance of Kenya and a member of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Steering Committee. (Photo: Courtesy of the United Nations)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - At a United Nations Hearing, Network Provides Testimony on Global Health Gaps - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Apoorva Gomber (left), associate director of advocacy for the Network, and Rachel Gasana, senior director of advancement for the Network, attend the Multistakeholder Hearing on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being, held at the United Nations Headquarters on May 2.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/27-countries</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Four New Countries Join the NCDI Poverty Network - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>PEN-Plus countries follow a four-phase progression: Phase 1, Situation Analysis and Priority Setting (crimson); Phase 2, Delivery Model Design (orange); Phase 3: Initial Implementation (green); and Phase 4, National Scale-Up (pink).</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/kono-clinic-launch</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Partners In Health Details a PEN-Plus Clinic Opening in Sierra Leone - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nurse Lilian Kumba Phillie works with a patient in the screening room of the new PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital in the Kono District of Sierra Leone. (Photo: Chiara Herold/Partners In Health)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Partners In Health Details a PEN-Plus Clinic Opening in Sierra Leone - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>In February, the NCDI Poverty Networked sponsored a study tour in Sierra Leone that enabled Ministry of Health officials from seven Francophone countries to witness patients receiving treatment for their severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases at the new PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital. (Photo: Andrea Fleurant/NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/facility-assessment-medicine</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-20</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Study Shows Medicine and Equipment Gaps in Advance of PEN-Plus - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Joyce Apolot, a senior nursing officer at the PEN-Plus clinic at Atutur General Hospital in Uganda, prepares medical supplies on a Tuesday, the designated clinic day for people living with sickle cell disease. This photo—taken in March 2024, two years after NCDI Poverty Network partners gathered data included in the recently published study on facility readiness—shows a clinic no longer lacking in the medicine and equipment needed to treat people living with severe noncommunicable diseases. (Photo: © Badru Katumba/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/cardiology-master-training</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Creating a Training “Echo” - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Master trainer Joyline Chihota from Zimbabwe explains echocardiography concepts to her peers during the April 2025 master training session at Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital in Isiolo, Kenya. (Photo: Katia Domingues/NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/haiti-report-launch</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-05-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Courage and Clarity: Haiti Publishes NCD Report Despite Obstacles - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Haitian Ministry of Health and Population recently organized an event in Port-au-Prince to commemorate the official launch of the national commission report on noncommunicable diseases, injuries, and poverty. The event was part of a week of health-related advocacy and interventions across Haiti. Pictured at left is Dr. Sinal Bertrand, the minister of health for Haiti. (Photo: Melissa Jeanty/Partners In Health/Zanmi Lasante)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/essential-medicines-list-proposals</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Network Advocates for Expansion of WHO’s Essential Medicines List - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Ochom Samuel Joel, a nursing graduate and volunteer, assists a patient at the PEN-Plus clinic at Atutur General Hospital in Uganda. The clinic dedicates every Wednesday to patients living with type 1 diabetes. Volunteers like Ochom play a vital role in receiving new patients, ascertaining their needs, taking their vitals, and running simple tests. (©Badru Katumba/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/who-afro-report</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - WHO AFRO Publishes Landmark PEN-Plus Report - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Acio Sarah chats with patients outside the PEN-Plus clinic at Atutur General Hospital in the Eastern Region of Uganda. (Photo: © Badru Katumba/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-05-06</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa—held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in April 2024—attracted participants from 52 countries, including dozens of African nations. The NCDI Poverty Network recently expanded its social media presence to reflect the rapid expansion of Facebook use on the continent. (Photo: Courtesy of World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>During a home visit, PEN-Plus nurse Euna Museva takes a blood sample from Ruvarashe Chikombe, a three-year-old living with sickle cell disease in the Masvingo Province of Zimbabwe. (© Tafadzwa Ufumeli/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/position-statement</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Fourteen-year-old Sara shares a lighthearted moment with her six-year-old sister, Linda, after their visit to the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique, where they receive treatment for sickle cell disease.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>A screenshot from the World Health Organization’s recent animated explainer video on PEN-Plus</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/ipa-webinar</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Siprian Achau examines a young patient at the PEN-Plus clinic in Atutur, Uganda. (Photo: © Badru Katumba/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/global-ncda-forum-2025</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Enjoying a lighthearted moment at the Global NCDA Forum are, from left, Neil Gupta, senior director of policy at the NCDI Poverty Network; Lea Kilenga Bey, an advocate living with sickle cell disease in Kenya and executive director of the Africa Sickle Cell Organization; Anu Gomanju, a person living with rheumatic heart disease in Nepal and a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate for the Network; and Arafa Said, a person living with sickle cell disease in Tanzania and a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-21</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Lindolfo dos Santos provides care for Elisa Edson, an eight-year-old with type 1 diabetes, at the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique. (Photo: © Ivan Simone Congolo / World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/diabetes-conference-copenhagen</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network, and Tinotenda Dzikiti, a global diabetes advocate based in Zimbabwe and a member of the Network’s Voices for PEN-Plus program, joined forces at the recent “Type 1 Diabetes: Advancing a Global Road Map for Improved and Integrated Care in Low-Resource Settings” conference in Copenhagen.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network, joins with collaborators Dr. Catherine Karekezi, PEN-Plus implementer for NCD Alliance Kenya, and James Reid, program officer for the type 1 diabetes program at the Helmsley Charitable Trust.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/sierra-leone-study-tour</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-20</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Health officials from across western and central Africa and partner organizations share a thumbs-up in early February, after introductory sessions with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health during a study tour. The group included representatives from seven French-speaking countries, along with officials from the NCDI Poverty Network, Partners In Health, and the World Health Organization’s African Region.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>At the PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital in central Sierra Leone, Ministry of Health officials from seven Francophone countries were able to witness patients receiving treatment for their severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases. (Photo: Andrea Fleurant/NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Health leaders from across central and western Africa, and partner organizations, gather for a music therapy session led by Music Heals Sierra Leone, on Feb. 3. On the drum is Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network and executive director of the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Among those leading and participating in the PEN-Plus study tour in Kono District, Sierra Leone, were, from left, Dr. Kouamivi Agboyibor, regional advisor for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases at the World Health Organization’s African Region; Dr. Neil Gupta, senior director of policy at both the NCDI Poverty Network and the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the United States; Dr. Sibiri Kaboré, head of the Department for the Fight Against Cardiovascular, Genetic, and Chronic Respiratory Disease in the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health; Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network and executive director of the Center for Integration Science; Dr. Sidi Ould, a member of the WHO Multi-Country Assignment Team; Dr. Salmane Amidou, national coordinator of the National Plan for the Fight Against Non-Communicable Diseases in the Benin Ministry of Health; Dr. Mahaman Zangui, national coordinator of the National Plan for the Fight Against Non-Communicable Diseases in the Niger Ministry of Health; and Dr. Remy Nkwiro Bitwayiki, the regional advisor for West Africa for both the NCDI Poverty Network and the Center for Integration Science. (Photo: Andrea Fleurant/NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/amza-musa</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-03-24</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Eight-year-old Amza Musa receives free treatment for his sickle cell disease at the PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital in the Kono District of Sierra Leone. (Photo: ©Michael Duff/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lillian Phillie, a nurse at the PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital, checks Amza Musa’s vitals under the watchful eye of his mother, Yei Miatta. (Photo: ©Michael Duff/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Emmanuel Fofanah, a clinical officer at the PEN-Plus clinic at Koidu Government Hospital, examines Amza Musa during a regular checkup. (Photo: ©Michael Duff/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/nportuguese-edition-of-clinical-handbook</loc>
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      <image:caption>The PEN-Plus clinic at Nhamatanda Rural Hospital in central Mozambique holds a peer support group meeting every month for people living with sickle cell disease and their families. During the session above, Dr. Lindolfo dos Santos conducts a tutorial in Portuguese on management of the condition and proper nutrition. (Photo: © Ivan Simone Congolo / World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/research-plans-for-2025</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Acio Sarah examines a young patient at the PEN-Plus clinic at Atutur General Hospital in the Eastern Region of Uganda. (Photo: © Badru Katumba/World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Image courtesy of the NCD Alliance.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The “Intention to Action” panel features innovative leaders in global health, social policy and NCD interventions from Kenya, Rwanda, Scotland and the U.S.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fredrick Kateera, MD, MSc, PhD, is a medical doctor with postgraduate training in epidemiology, immunology and immunogenetics, and a doctorate in malaria epidemiology. Dr. Kateera has participated in numerous hospital- and community-based research projects in rural settings in Africa.  As the Director of Research for Inshuti Mu Buzima, as global health nonprofit Partners In Health is known in Rwanda, Dr. Kateera oversees all research activities for the organization and outside collaborators, and facilitates adherence to institutional and national research guidelines. Dr. Kateera has over 10 years of experience in clinical care, research implementation and program management in East Africa. His research focuses on determinants of access to care, disease and risk-factor determinants, community-based research design and utilization of health survey tools. He has also served as a Fogarty Global Health Fellow implementing an NIH grant, and has five years experience as a study coordinator on various NIH-funded projects.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Professor Liz Grant is Director of the Global Health Academy at the University of Edinburgh. She develops and supports global health partnerships in low- and middle-income countries, and builds local and global advocacy translating global health research into action. Liz is co-director of the university’s Global Compassion Initiative, developing work based on the WHO’s Sustainable Development Goals, the science of compassion, and the contributions of faith communities. Liz has led the development of global health MSc programs and online courses, and coordinates the Global Health PhD program, all of which are designed for students from resource-constrained countries. She is co-director of the university’s Family Medicine and Global Health Challenges master’s programs. She also chairs the Scottish Government’s International Development Technical Advisory Group, and the Research Committee for the Consortium of Universities for Global Health.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - NCDI Poverty Network to Co-Sponsor Panel with Scottish Government at Global NCDA Forum - Dr. Gene Bukhman, Co-Chair, NCDI Poverty Network </image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Gene Bukhman (MD, PhD) is a cardiologist and medical anthropologist who is the founding director of the Center for Integration Science at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, U.S. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine and an Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Senior Health and Policy Advisor on NCDs at Partners In Health (PIH). Between 2010 and 2015, he was the Senior Technical Advisor on NCDs to the Rwanda Ministry of Health. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Bukhman has argued that for those living in extreme poverty, NCDs are best understood as part of the “long tail” of global health equity that demands a new “science of integration.” He has translated this critique into practical delivery strategies such as “PEN-Plus” that are now impacting patients' lives in more than 20 countries. Dr. Bukhman was lead-author and co-chair of the 1996-2020 Lancet Commission on Reframing NCDs and Injuries for the Poorest Billion. </image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - NCDI Poverty Network to Co-Sponsor Panel with Scottish Government at Global NCDA Forum - Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, PhD, Founder and Director, African Institute for Health and Development; Chair, NCD Alliance Kenya</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, PhD, is the founder, director and technical advisor of the African Institute for Health and Development. She previously worked for the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the African Medical and Research Foundation, the Population Council, and the African Population and Health Research Center.  Dr. Amuyunzu-Nyamongo also chairs the NCD Alliance of Kenya and is vice president of the African region for the International Union for Health Promotion and Education. She also serves on various international committees, including Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) and the Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) of the International Food Policy and Research Institute. She chairs the Advocacy Communication and Social Mobilization Technical Working Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Ministry of Health and holds a similar position for noncommunicable diseases in Kenya.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - NCDI Poverty Network to Co-Sponsor Panel with Scottish Government at Global NCDA Forum - Dr. François Uwinkindi, Division Manager - NCDs, Rwanda Biomedical Centre</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. François Uwinkindi is Division Manager for NCDs at the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. He is a medical doctor with a graduate degree in epidemiology from the University of Rwanda. Dr. Uwinkindi previously served as director of RBC’s cancer unit, from 2015-19, and for more than five years in various positions in Rwanda’s national HIV Control Program. His positions there involved prevention, care and treatment, monitoring and evaluation and clinical research. Before joining Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Dr. Uwinkindi served for two years as a medical officer at Byumba District Hospital.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/unicef-rosa-report</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Network Joins UNICEF in Publishing Report on Childhood Noncommunicable Diseases - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Sushil Chaudhary, who was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at age eight, receives the unwavering support of Lahani Tharu, his mother. Tharu has dedicated herself to caring for her son, spending countless days in a hospital in Lumbini Province, Nepal, for his blood transfusions and using her life’s savings to ensure his well-being. (Photo: ©UNICEF/2023/Upadhayay)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-18</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Overcoming Diabetes Stigma Through Community Education - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lucy Johnbosco uses an upbeat approach in raising awareness of diabetes in her hometown of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A member of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Steering Committee, Johnbosco is also a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate. (Video image: Courtesy of Health Action International)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lucy Johnbosco offers a presentation on diabetes to schoolchildren in Dar es Salaam.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/warrior-educator-training-workshop</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-11</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Training the Warrior Trainers - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Natnael Abebe, the Network’s regional advisor for Uganda and Ethiopia, participates in a team-building exercise at the Warrior Educator Training Workshop. (Photo: Courtesy of the Sonia Nabeta Foundation)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/french-edition-clinical-tools</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-18</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Neil Gupta, the NCDI Poverty Network’s senior director of policy, and Dr. Aimée Lulebo, a member of the Network’s Steering Committee, spent time together at the first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa in April 2024. Dr. Lulebo, an associate professor at the University of Kinshasa School of Public Health, is also the commissioner and coordinator of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s NCDI Poverty Commission. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of several francophone countries that have initiated PEN-Plus.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/integrated-camps</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Youth Camps Bring Support Beyond Clinical Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Participants—including 14-year-old Kirabo Queen (left) and 18-year-old Ishimwe Carine—bonded during an integrated camp held for young people living with type 1 diabetes and childhood heart disease in the Rwamagana District of eastern Rwanda in July. Kirabo and Ishimwe, both of whom live with type 1 diabetes, have expressed their hope for future camps. Inshuti Mu Buzima—as global health nonprofit Partners In Health is known in Rwanda—hosted the camp. (Photo: Courtesy of Gedeon Ngoga)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Participants in the integrated camp for young people with type 1 diabetes or childhood heart disease in eastern Rwanda pose together triumphantly. (Photo courtesy of Gedeon Ngoga)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The integrated camp in eastern Rwanda included a mix of educational lectures, discussions, and classic camp activities such as team-building games. (Photo courtesy of Gedeon Ngoga)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/edith-mukantwari</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - ‘Community Is Crucial’ - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>In April 2024, Edith Mukantwari (left) presented her lived experiences with type 1 diabetes at the First International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa, which the World Health Organization hosted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Mukantwari told her story during a panel discussion with several of her fellow Voices for PEN-Plus advocates, including Arafa Said (center), an advocate living with sickle cell disease, and Moses Echodu (right), a survivor of childhood cancer.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In November 2023, Edith Mukantwari joined two other Voices for PEN-Plus advocates from Uganda—Moses Echodu (left) and Emmanuel Kisembo—in the commissioning ceremony of the PEN-Plus clinic at Atutur General Hospital in eastern Uganda.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - ‘Community Is Crucial’ - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>During a panel discussion at the First International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa, Edith Mukantwari (left) described her early challenges of living with type 1 diabetes in a community with little awareness of the condition. At right is Arafa Said, a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate from Dar es Salaam.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/eunice-owino-leadership-forum</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Eunice Owino is a sickle cell warrior from Nairobi, Kenya.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>During the East Africa Blood Disorders Leadership Forum in Nairobi, Eunice Owino (far right), a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate living in Nairobi, met with, from left, Neema Mohamed, a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Dr. Emily Wroe, the NCDI Poverty Network’s senior director of programs; and Isaac Okello, executive director of the CTI Foundation in Kampala, Uganda.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Eunice Owino and Arafa Said, sickle cell warriors who serve as Voices for PEN-Plus advocates, take a playful stance during downtime at the East Africa Blood Disorders Leadership Forum. Owino is from Kenya and Said is from Tanzania.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/kenya-site-visit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-25</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Members of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Programs Team—including Dr. Emily Wroe, senior director of programs (front row, far left), and Dr. Todd Ruderman—regional advisor for Kenya, Malawi, and Zimbabwe (back row, second from right)—met with Hamisi Clinic staff members in Vihiga County, Kenya, during a site visit that began in late October.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/zimbabwe-site-visit</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-18</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Colin Pfaff, the Network’s associate director of programs (fifth from left), and Dr. Todd Ruderman, the Network’s regional advisor for Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Kenya (fourth from right), attended the PEN-Plus Indicator Meeting at SolidarMed in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, in early October. Dr. Alvern Mutengerere, SolidarMed’s project manager for noncommunicable diseases, is second from right.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/research-spotlight-mcbain</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Testing a Model for Depression Care in Malawi - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Benson Phiri, a community health worker program officer for Partners In Health, welcomes families to the PEN-Plus clinic at Lisungwi Community Hospital in Neno District, Malawi. (Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/Slingshot Media for Partners In Health)</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/ispad-2024</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-04</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Members of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Diabetes Expert Group met for the first time during the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes conference in October. Shown from left are Gina Ferrari, a type 1 diabetes and global health equity research fellow at the Network; Dr. Edna Siima Majaliwa, a pediatrician and pediatric endocrinologist at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Dr. Julia Von Oettingen, a pediatric endocrinologist at the Montreal Children’s Hospital; Dr. Suzanne Sap, a diabetes expert at Université de Yaoundé I in Cameroon; Dr. Apoorva Gomber, associate director of advocacy for the Network; and Gedeon Ngoga, a clinical advisor for the Network.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/springboard-for-action-recap</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Springboard for Action - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>During the recent Springboard for Action event in New York City, type 1 diabetes advocates gathered near a banner declaring, “I care about Type 1 Diabetes so I care about PEN-Plus.” Pictured in the back row are, from left, Kyle Banks, founder of Kyler Cares; Dr. Neil Gupta, senior director of policy for the NCDI Poverty Network; Boudewijn Bertsch, type 1 diabetes advocate; James Reid, program officer for type 1 diabetes, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust; and Dr. Gina Agiostratidou, director of the Type 1 Diabetes Program of The Helmsley Charitable Trust. In the middle row are, from left, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa; Tinotenda Dzikiti, Voices for PEN-Plus advocate and person living with type 1 diabetes in Zimbabwe; Riva Greenberg, type 1 diabetes advocate; Renza Scibilia, type 1 diabetes advocate; Antoinette Watkins, founder of The Diabaddie Organization; Dr. Emily Wroe, senior director of programs for the Network; and Stephanie Pearson, senior director of global operations at Breakthrough T1D. In the front row are, from left, Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the Network; Dr. Apoorva Gomber, associate advocacy director for the Network; Dr. Charlotte Chen, attending physician in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore; and Prof. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the Network.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/springboard-for-action-photo-gallery</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Sbongiseni Duma leads members of the Broadway cast of Disney’s The Lion King in singing “One by One” in Zulu. Like many of his fellow performers, Duma is from South Africa.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Members of the Nigeria NCDI Poverty Commission gathered for a priority-setting workshop in July 2022. One of the Commission’s co-chairs, Dr. Morenike Alex-Okoh, stands in the center front.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Members of the Benin NCDI Poverty Commission gathered in August 2023 to conduct an initial situation analysis.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/cgm-malawi</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-19</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/fatmata-fofanah</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-29</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Six-year-old Fatmata Fofanah experienced symptoms of congenital heart disease years before receiving a diagnosis. With the launch of a Partners In Health-run PEN-Plus clinic in 2023, she now receives ongoing treatment close to home. (Photo: © Michael Duff / World Health Organization)</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Tanzanian children—billed by the moderator, Sauda Simba Kilumanga, as “future-generation champions for noncommunicable diseases”—presented important messages during the opening ceremony of the International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>NCDI Poverty Network members gather on the photo stage at the first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Beyond the Conference - Technical Session for PEN-Plus Implementing Partners</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Dar es Salaam, the National Institute for Medical Research hosted implementing partners representing 14 PEN-Plus countries for a meeting focused on practical issues ranging from patient retention to national training plans.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Julie Makani, third from left in the back row, facilitated the breakout session for sickle cell disease.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Held at the National Institute for Medical Research headquarters, the Network’s first Advocacy Summit brought together Voices for PEN-Plus advocates, local advocates living with severe noncommunicable diseases, PEN-Plus Partnership representatives, and Network leaders to brainstorm ideas for increasing the scope and effectiveness of collective advocacy initiatives.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>After attending the technical session for implementing partners, Neil Gupta (back row, center), policy director of the Network, joined participants in the Network’s first Advocacy Summit, from left: Neema Mohamed, Moses Echodu, Edith Mukantwari, Wendy Bennett, Ruth Ngwaro, Emmanuella Selasi, Eunice Owino, George Kwayu, Arafa Said, Apoorva Gomber, Tinotenda Dzikiti, Lucy Johnbosco, and Emmanuel Kisembo.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi are co-chairs of the NCDI Poverty Network.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi, co-chairs of the NCDI Poverty Network, enjoy a moment together on the ICPPA 2024 stage.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-10</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Network Hosts First Advocacy Summit - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Voices for PEN-Plus advocates, local advocates living with severe noncommunicable diseases, and PEN-Plus Partnership members joined NCDI Poverty Network leaders in Dar es Salaam in April to brainstorm ideas for increasing the scope and effectiveness of their joint advocacy initiatives.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Participants infused the Advocacy Summit with wisdom, passion, and good humor.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/network-in-tanzania</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Photo Gallery: Network Gatherings in Tanzania - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The convergence of so many NCDI Poverty Network members in Dar es Salaam for the first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa provided opportunities to join hearts and minds in other gatherings. Pictured here are the Network’s Steering Committee members assembled in person for the first time.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Photo Gallery: Network Gatherings in Tanzania - Visit to Tanzania’s Inaugural PEN-Plus Clinic</image:title>
      <image:caption>The National Institute for Medical Research hosted a visit from two dozen members of the Network’s High-Level Advisory Group. Members joined with Network leaders in touring the facility in Kondoa and meeting with patients living with severe noncommunicable diseases to understand better how PEN-Plus can transform lives.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The NCDI Poverty Network launched during the height of the pandemic in 2020, and its Steering Committee members are spread across ten countries. The Steering Committee meeting in Dar es Salaam represented the first time that members could transcend Zoom screens to share their insights in person. Steering Committee members are, front row from left: Dr. Aimée Lulebo, Eunice Owino, Dr. Ana Mocumbi, Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, and Dr. Julie Makani. Back row, from left, are Dr. Neil Gupta, Dr. Biraj Karmacharya, Dr. Gene Bukhman, Dr. Yogesh Jain, Dr. Jones Masiye, and Dr. Santigie Sesay.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Members of the Steering Committee were joined by members of the Co-Secretariat.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Photo Gallery: Network Gatherings in Tanzania - Technical Session for PEN-Plus Implementing Partners</image:title>
      <image:caption>In Dar es Salaam, the National Institute for Medical Research hosted implementing partners representing 14 PEN-Plus countries for a meeting focused on practical issues ranging from patient retention to national training plans.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Photo Gallery: Network Gatherings in Tanzania - Technical Session for PEN-Plus Implementing Partners</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Julie Makani, third from left in the back row, facilitated the breakout session for sickle cell disease.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Photo Gallery: Network Gatherings in Tanzania - Advocacy Summit</image:title>
      <image:caption>Held at the National Institute for Medical Research headquarters, the Network’s first Advocacy Summit brought together Voices for PEN-Plus advocates, local advocates living with severe noncommunicable diseases, PEN-Plus Partnership representatives, and Network leaders to brainstorm ideas for increasing the scope and effectiveness of collective advocacy initiatives.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Photo Gallery: Network Gatherings in Tanzania - Advocacy Summit</image:title>
      <image:caption>After attending the technical session for implementing partners, Neil Gupta (back row, center), policy director of the Network, joined participants in the Network’s first Advocacy Summit, from left: Neema Mohamed, Moses Echodu, Edith Mukantwari, Wendy Bennett, Ruth Ngwaro, Emmanuella Selasi, Eunice Owino, George Kwayu, Arafa Said, Apoorva Gomber, Tinotenda Dzikiti, Lucy Johnbosco, and Emmanuel Kisembo.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi, co-chairs of the NCDI Poverty Network, enjoy a moment together on the ICPPA 2024 stage.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi, co-chairs of the NCDI Poverty Network, pause in front of the Network’s table display.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - An Underpinning of Research - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Okoboi George Williams, the microscopist for the PEN-Plus clinic at Atutur General Hospital in Uganda, tests blood samples to screen for sickle cell disease.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/scoping-review</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Network Publishes Scoping Review of Sickle Cell Disease Care - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Network’s recent review of care for people with sickle cell disease found that India was the only country with published examples of care for sickle cell disease in rural settings. Pictured above is a peer education session focused on sickle cell disease in Chhattisgarh, India, where Sangwari, a not-for-profit organization focused on equity and better healthcare, provides care using the PEN-Plus model. Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the Network and a coauthor of the scoping review, appears at the upper right of the photo; Dr. Yogesh Jain, a public health physician based in Chhattisgarh and a member of the Network’s Steering Committee, is in the center wearing a blue shirt.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/2/26/icppa-preview</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - International Conference Series on PEN-Plus in Africa to Debut in April - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>A nurse tends to a patient in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The country will serve as the site of the first annual International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa. Photo by Mawuena/World Health Organization Communications</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/2/26/cis-symposium</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2026-02-16</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Integration Science Can Help Heal Global Health Inequities - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>PEN-Plus clinicians undertake echocardiography training in preparation for offering cardiac services to people living with rheumatic or congenital heart disease in Rwanda. The PEN-Plus model—an internationally implemented example of integration science—was first developed by clinicians in Rwanda.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/1/25/aggrey-story</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2024-11-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-Plus: A Holistic Approach to Healthcare - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Bright Mailosi (left) with Aggrey, a PEN-Plus patient living with type 1 diabetes in Malawi.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/12/19/uganda-ministry-of-health-celebrates-pen-plus-launch</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Uganda Ministry of Health Celebrates PEN-Plus Launch&lt;/a&gt; - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Voices for PEN-Plus advocates from Uganda (left to right): Moses Echodu, Edith Mukantwari, and Emmanuel Kisembo.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Uganda Ministry of Health Celebrates PEN-Plus Launch&lt;/a&gt;</image:title>
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      <image:title>News - Uganda Ministry of Health Celebrates PEN-Plus Launch&lt;/a&gt;</image:title>
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      <image:title>News - Uganda Ministry of Health Celebrates PEN-Plus Launch&lt;/a&gt;</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/12/19/experts-focused-on-pen-plus-in-southern-africa-during-international-conference-on-public-health-in-africa</loc>
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    <priority>0.5</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-08-28</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Experts Showcase PEN-Plus in Southern Africa - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Panelists, from left: Evelyn Chibwe, Bavin Mulenga, Ana Mocumbi, Yolanda Marcelino, Alvern Mutengerere, and Peter Karoli.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Eunice Owino, a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate and co-author of “Embodied Contradictions, Structural Power: Patient Organizers in the Movement for Global Health Justice,” works with a support group of people living with sickle cell disease and their caregivers at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/11/21/cphia-side-event-to-focus-on-pen-plus-implementation-in-southern-africa</loc>
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      <image:caption>PEN-Plus trainer Medson Boti shows clinical coordinator Joyline Chihota how to do point-of-care echocardiography as part of PEN-Plus cardiology training in Zimbabwe.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/11/17/surguja-sickle-cell-peoples-health-conference-in-chhattisgarh-india</loc>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/11/16/steering-committee-advances-strategies-for-pen-plus-implementation</loc>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Bhagawan Koirala, chair of the Kathmandu Institute of Child Health and a co-chair of the Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission, addresses the staff of Bardiya Hospital in the southwestern part of Nepal in October 2023. The country was one of nearly a dozen whose PEN-Plus progress was reported at the NCDI Poverty Network’s Steering Committee meeting a month later.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/11/8/ethiopia-plans-for-pen-plus-scaleup</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/10/30/network-team-aligns-with-partners-in-nepal</loc>
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      <image:title>News - Network Aligns with the Ministry of Health and PEN-Plus Partners in Nepal - Bardiya Hospital is one of two district hospitals that is currently initiating PEN-Plus in Nepal.</image:title>
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      <image:title>News - Network Aligns with the Ministry of Health and PEN-Plus Partners in Nepal - Nepal NCDI Poverty Commission Co-Chair Dr. Bhagawan Koirala addresses the staff of Bardiya Hospital.</image:title>
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      <image:title>News - Network Aligns with the Ministry of Health and PEN-Plus Partners in Nepal</image:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-18</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/10/20/joao-mindo-a-pen-plus-success-story</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - João Mindo: A PEN-Plus Success Story - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>For three years, João Mindo had difficulty walking, eating, and even breathing. It wasn’t until a PEN-Plus clinic opened in rural Mozambique that he received his diagnosis: rheumatic heart disease. Following mitral valve repair surgery in Maputo, the 14-year-old (pictured above with his older brother, Lazaro) now receives care close to home.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/10/31/the-bmj-highlights-opportunity-to-save-lives-through-pen-plus</loc>
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      <image:title>News - The BMJ Highlights Opportunity to Save Lives Through PEN-Plus&lt;/a&gt; - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Clinicians tour the site of a future PEN-Plus clinic in Atutur Hospital in Uganda.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/10/19/tawonashe-mugura</loc>
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      <image:title>News - Undaunted Spirit Despite Dual Diagnoses - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>In June 2023, Tawonashe Mugura, a fifth grader with sickle cell disease and type 1 diabetes, expressed his gratitude for Solidarmed-run PEN-Plus clinic at Masvingo General Hospital. Photo ©ATM.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ten-year-old Tawonashe Mugura joins his mother, Stella, in talking about his dual diagnoses of sickle cell disease and type 1 diabetes.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/10/31/pen-plus-partnership-high-level-advisory-group-convenes-in-new-york-city</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/10/31/network-celebrates-launch-of-voices-for-pen-plus</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-26</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Anu Gomanju, a person living with rheumatic heart disease in Nepal, is one of eight Voices for PEN-Plus, a new advocacy initiative of the NCDI Poverty Network.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/world-congress-pediatric-cardiology</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Network Participates in the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Network members participating in the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery included, from left, Anu Gomanju, a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate; Allison Westervelt, project manager; and Dr. Apoorva Gomber, associate director of advocacy.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Network Participates in the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Anu Gomanju, a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate, spoke about her experiences living with rheumatic heart disease in Nepal.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Network Participates in the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gathering in the Global Cardiac Health and Advocacy Village were, from left, Rehema Athumani, a heart warrior with Kenya Mended Hearts; Anu Gomanju, a Voices for PEN-Plus advocate and a member of the Board of Directors of Global ARCH; Amy Verstappen, president of Global ARCH; and Dr. Apoorva Gomber, associate director of advocacy at the NCDI Poverty Network.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/language-matters</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-27</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/8/29/benin-ncdi-poverty-commission-meets-for-situation-analysis</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-20</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2024/french-edition-clinical-tools-2d5z7</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-30</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>The launch of the time-driven activity-based costing sub-study involved members of both of the NCDI Poverty Network’s co-secretariats: From left, Dr. Beatriz Chongo, a PEN-Plus Partnership co-investigator at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the Network, based at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; Dr. Emilio Tostão, scientific director, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane; Dr. Alma Adler, director of research and monitoring and evaluation, Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Dr. Chantelle Boudreaux, associate director for integration science at the Center for Integration Science.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/8/14/center-for-integration-science-participates-in-africa-cdc-workshop-on-noncommunicable-diseases</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Center for Integration Science Joins Africa CDC for Workshop on Noncommunicable Diseases</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Emmanuel Mensah (second from left), the West Africa regional advisor for the NCDI Poverty Network, helped facilitate the Ghana workshop.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/network-cohosts-national-cardiac-technical-working-group-with-rwanda-ministry-of-health</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/8/9/center-for-integration-science-and-who-regional-office-for-africa-plan-joint-collaboration-to-achieve-pen-plus-regional-implementation-targets</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-12-18</lastmod>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/8/8/pen-plus-providers-in-zimbabwe-receive-heart-failure-and-echocardiography-training</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-19</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-Plus Providers in Zimbabwe Receive Cardiac Training - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Graduates of the cardiac training workshop in Zimbabwe gather with their mentors, including Medson Boti, an advanced NCD clinical officer at Partners In Health Malawi (sixth from left), who led the training; Dr. Alvern Mutengerere, project manager for noncommunicable diseases at SolidarMed, one of two PEN-Plus implementing partners in Zimbabwe (second from left); Dr. Sheila Klassen, technical lead of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Cardiac Expert Group (fifth from left); and Dr. Colin Pfaff, a regional advisor for the NCDI Poverty Network (fifth from right).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-Plus Providers in Zimbabwe Receive Cardiac Training - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Sheila Klassen (left), technical lead of the NCDI Poverty Network’s Cardiac Expert Group, helped Medson Boti, an advanced NCD clinical officer at Partners In Health Malawi, lead the training workshop.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/7/7/mozambique-minister-of-health-visits-nhamatanda-pen-plus-clinic</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>News - Mozambique Minister of Health Visits Nhamatanda PEN-Plus Clinic&lt;/a&gt; - H.E. Dr. Armindo Tiago and Dr. Cizàlia F. Ribeiro, Nhamatanda district health director, enter the PEN-Plus clinic.</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Members of Team PEN-Plus included, from left: Saohum Bagchi; Apoorva Gomber, associate advocacy director of the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity (CIS); Ramon Ruiz, instructional designer for CIS; and Gene Bukhman, executive director of CIS.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/7/3/kenya-celebrates-pen-plus-launch</loc>
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      <image:caption>Attending the launch of the PEN-Plus clinic in Hamisi Sub-County Hospital in Gisambai, Kenya, were, from left: Dr. Catherine Karekezi, PEN-Plus implementer for NCD Alliance Kenya; Eunice Owino, an alumna of the Voices of NCDI Poverty Advocacy Fellowship; Dr. Wubaye Dagnaw, East Africa regional advisor for the Network; and Dr. Emily Wroe, director of programs for the Network.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Emily Wroe delivers remarks.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/6/28/helmsley-grant-to-who-africa</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-02-04</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>“Chronic diseases are projected to become the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa. “To lower the burden, we’re working with countries to enhance the availability and quality of care for severe, chronic diseases at district hospitals through the PEN-Plus strategy.”</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/who-recognizes-cis-for-leadership-in-integration-science</loc>
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      <image:caption>Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity faculty and staff gathered at Harvard Medical School in July 2022. Dr. Gene Bukhman is center front. Photo by Stu Rosner.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/5/25/burkina-faso-ncdi-poverty-commission-convenes-for-situation-analysis-meeting</loc>
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      <image:caption>Members of the Burkina Faso Commission welcome Emmanuel Mensah (second from left), West Africa regional advisor for the NCDI Poverty Network, to their initial situation analysis of the country’s NCD burden.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/6/2/world-heart-federation-award</loc>
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      <image:caption>Drs. Gene Bukhman and Ana Mocumbi discuss global health equity during a fireside chat with journalist Arianna Alcorta (left) at the World Heart Federation Summit in Geneva.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Drs. Ana Mocumbi and Gene Bukhman each received a custom-engraved crystal plaque for their outstanding contribution to cardiovascular health.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/8/9/rwanda-makes-tremendous-strides-in-cardiac-care-capacity</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/5/18/high-level-advisory-group-visit-to-mozambique-highlights-need-for-pen-plus-clinics</loc>
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      <image:caption>Members of the High-Level Advisory Group of the PEN-Plus Partnership gather at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, which serves as the NCDI Poverty Network’s Maputo co-secretariat.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Mozambique Visit Highlights Need for PEN-Plus Clinics - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the Network Steering Committee, and Dr. Raoul Bermejo, a health specialist for UNICEF, talk with a young person living with rheumatic heart disease in Nhamatanda, Mozambique.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - Mozambique Visit Highlights Need for PEN-Plus Clinics - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Members of the PEN-Plus Partnership who attended the High-Level Advisory Group meeting in Mozambique included, standing from left, Dr. Jose (Jojo) Ferrer, Director of International Health for the American Heart Association; David Panzirer, trustee of the Helmsley Charitable Trust; Grant Beard, board chair of JDRF International; Dr. Ana Mocumbi, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network Steering Committee; Dr. Aaron Kowalski, chief executive officer of JDRF International; Dr. Jorge Sixpence, PEN-Plus technical advisor for the Southern Africa Regional Hub; and Sydney Yovic, chief strategy officer for JDRF International. Pictured kneeling from left are Dr. Gene Bukhman, co-chair of the NCDI Poverty Network; Dri Vasireddy, co-founder and chief executive officer of the REAN Foundation; Wendy Bennett, a supporter of the Network (foreground); and Dr. Emily Wroe, director of programs for the Network.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/5/15/new-lancet-commentary-highlights-feasibility-of-decentralizing-care-for-severe-chronic-ncds</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-03-23</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>At the PEN-Plus clinic in Lisungwi, Malawi, Kerefasi Wiliyamu, a 14-year-old living with type 1 diabetes, is examined by clinical officer Kenwood Kumwenda, while his mother, Sofiya Simoni, speaks with clinical officer Medson Boti. Photo: Karin Schermbrucker/Slingshot Media for PIH.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/5/12/testimony</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-11-27</lastmod>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Apoorva Gomber presented a statement from the Network at the UN headquarters during a multi-stakeholder hearing on universal health coverage.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Apoorva Gomber (left), associate advocacy director for the Network, attended the multi-stakeholder hearing on universal health coverage with Katie Player, the Network’s membership and engagement manager.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/5/4/what-women-want-study-in-rwanda-highlights-womens-priority-health-concerns</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/3/13/cambodia-ncdi-poverty-commission-meets-for-priority-setting-workshop</loc>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/2023/3/29/help-for-life-and-health-for-all-pen-plus-clinic-opens-in-sierra-leone</loc>
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      <image:caption>“Until a few months ago, there was no insulin. Now we have young patients who measure their blood glucose at home with a glucometer and are able to self-administer insulin.” - Giacomo Marro, CUAMM doctor, Pujehun, Sierra Leone</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/qampa-center-for-integration-science-aims-to-break-the-impasse-on-global-health-equity</loc>
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      <image:caption>Staff from the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity gathered in November 2022 to celebrate the Center’s launch during an inaugural symposium. Dr. Gene Bukhman is center front. Photo by Stu Rosner.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.ncdipoverty.org/blog/paladies-story</loc>
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      <image:caption>Paladie Mategeko is a health advocate and person living with type 1 diabetes in Rwanda.</image:caption>
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  <url>
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      <image:caption>The NCDI Poverty Network and other non-state actors who were recognized at the 2022 UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care awards.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left: Raoul Bermejo (UNICEF); Ana Mocumbi and Gene Bukhman (NCDI Poverty Network); and Aboubacar Kampo and Reem Batarseh (UNICEF)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>News - PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>From left, Emily Wroe (NCDI Poverty Network), Biraj Karmacharya (Dhulikhel Hospital), Bright Mailosi (Partners In Health), Raoul Bermejo (UNICEF), and Anatole Manzi (Partners In Health)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left, Anatole Manzi (Partners In Health), Isaac Odame (Global Sickle Cell Disease Network), Paladei Mategeko (NCDI Poverty Network), Dhruv Kazi (Harvard Medical School), Aaron Kowalski (JDRF), and Ana Mocumbi (NCDI Poverty Network)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The workshop concluded with a demonstration of an online tool that has been developed to facilitate the priority-setting process.</image:caption>
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