Zambia NCDI Poverty Commission

Commission Members

Co-Chairs

Kennedy Malama -— Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health

Dr. Sharon Kapambwe — Assistant Director, Cancer Ministry of Health

Commissioners

Dr. Abel Kabalo — Director, Health Promotion, Environment and Social Determinants, Ministry of Health

Dr. Mutale Nsakashalo — Assistant Director of NCDs, Ministry of Health

Dr. Daniel Makawa — Assistant Director, Clinical Care and Diagnostic Services, Ministry of Health

Dr. Aggrey Mweemba — National Coordinator for Nephrology, Ministry of Health/UTH

Dr. Siwo Chioni — Ag. National Coordinator, Mental Health, Ministry of Health/UTH

Mr. Patrick Banda — Assistant Director, Budgeting and Planning, Ministry of Health

Dr. Citonje Musadabwe — Deputy National Coordinator, Cancer Control, Ministry of Health/CDH

Prof. Peter Mwaba — Dean, Lusaka Apex Medical University

Dr. Roma Chilengi — Chief Scientific Officer, CIDRZ

Dr. Samuel Bosomporah —Biostatistician, CIDRZ

Ms. Jane Matambo — Program Manager, Cervical Cancer, CIDRZ

Prof. John Musuku — Founder, Rheumatic Heart Disease Association

Dr. Fastone Goma — CEO, NCD Alliance Zambia

Dr. Earnest Muyunda — Deputy Country Director, PATH

Dr. Peter Songolo — NPO, Disease Prevention and Control, WHO

Dr. Muhumpu Kafwamfwa — Dean, School of Medicine, Cavendish University

Ms. Udie Soko — Executive Director, Zambian Cancer Society

Dr. Manoj Mathews National Coordinator of Paediatrics, Ministry of Health

Dr. Godfrey Nyanda — National Coordinator of Emergency and Mobile Services, Ministry of Health

Dr. Kevin Zimba — Consultant Paediatrician, University Teaching Hospital

Mr. David Chanda — Acting Chief Cancer Control Officer, University Teaching Hospital

Coordinator

Mukobe Chisunka — CIDRZ

Zambia Updates

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Training the Warrior Trainers
Training the Warrior Trainers

Two NCDI Poverty Network physicians lent their expertise during a recent diabetes training workshop that the Sonia Nabeta Foundation hosted in Uganda.

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CIDRZ Hosts Diabetes Boot Camp in Zambia
CIDRZ Hosts Diabetes Boot Camp in Zambia

In August, CIDRZ held a four-day boot camp for young people living with type 1 diabetes in Zambia. The camp combined entertainment and sports activities with education on self-management of the condition.

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From Words to Action
From Words to Action

The first International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa provided a platform for health experts, policymakers, civil society organization representatives, donors, people living with noncommunicable diseases, and community advocates to expedite political and financial backing for PEN-Plus.

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Experts Showcase PEN-Plus in Southern Africa
Experts Showcase PEN-Plus in Southern Africa

The NCDI Poverty Network and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) hosted a side event, “PEN-Plus Partnership: An NCDI Poverty Network Initiative in Partnership with WHO/AFRO,” on 29 November at the 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia.

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CPHIA Side Event to Focus on PEN-Plus in Southern Africa</a>
CPHIA Side Event to Focus on PEN-Plus in Southern Africa

The Southern Africa Regional Hub of the NCDI Poverty Network and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) will co-host a side event during the Third Annual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), which will take place at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, Zambia, on 27–30 November.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports WHO Regional Office for Africa Work in Severe Noncommunicable Diseases
Helmsley Charitable Trust Supports WHO Regional Office for Africa Work in Severe Noncommunicable Diseases

Efforts to expand PEN-Plus across sub-Saharan Africa received a major boost today, when the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust announced a $9 million grant to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa to expand care for people living with severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

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Southern Africa Regional Hub Celebrates First Anniversary
Southern Africa Regional Hub Celebrates First Anniversary

The Maputo co-secretariat of the NCDI Poverty Network, based at Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, hosted an event marking the first anniversary of the establishment of both the Southern Africa Regional Hub and the Maputo co-secretariat of the NCDI Poverty Network on 1 February. The event encouraged discussion on how the Hub can support countries in the region in implementing the PEN-Plus model.

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PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs
PEN-Plus in Action Introduces a Global Partnership to Fight Severe, Chronic NCDs

More than 60 representatives of leading global health policy, technical, advocacy, and financing institutions and people living with NCDs gathered at UNICEF House in New York on September 15, 2022, to introduce the PEN-Plus Partnership, a major international initiative to address the global burden of severe NCDs and injuries that cause more than 500,000 avoidable deaths every year among children and young adults living in extreme poverty.

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Zambia NCDI Poverty Commission Announces PEN-Plus Initiation
Zambia NCDI Poverty Commission Announces PEN-Plus Initiation

The Zambia Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ) officially launched the Zambia NCDI Poverty Commission Report on 29 June 2022 in Lusaka and announced that they will initiate PEN-Plus services at two district hospitals in the coming months.

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Network Co-Chair Gene Bukhman visits Lusaka, as Zambia prepares to initiate PEN-Plus services
Network Co-Chair Gene Bukhman visits Lusaka, as Zambia prepares to initiate PEN-Plus services

As Zambia prepares to open its first two PEN-Plus clinics, NCDI Poverty Network Co-Chair Gene Bukhman traveled to Lusaka in mid-May.

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Network Co-Secretariat and Southern Africa Regional Hub Launched
Network Co-Secretariat and Southern Africa Regional Hub Launched

Leading NCDI policy makers, researchers, care providers, and advocates, including the Minister of Health, His Excellency Dr. Armindo Tiago, and Dr. Orlando António Quilambo, Rector of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM), convened in Maputo on 27 October for the launch of the Mozambique Co-Secretariat and Southern Africa Regional Hub of the NCDI Poverty Network, which will be based at UEM.

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