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Our latest publication is now available: HEARTS quality: a policy framework to strengthen hypertension and cardiovascular risk management in primary healthcare—insights from HEARTS in the Americas - The Lancet Regional Health – Americas thelancet.com/journals/lanam…

As the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs approaches, I share our work on quality of chronic care and the possible contribution of purchasing arrangements in low- and middle-income coutries. May this inspire decision makers and implementers. iris.who.int/handle/10665/3…

Our brief communication clarifies the distinctions and synergies among guidelines, protocols, and care pathways and can support effective implementation and scale-up of hypertension and chronic disease management programs. academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-ar… @pahowho @ITMantwerp

Amid the frenzy of preparations for the UN High Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases and working on the political declaration, you might find this work on NCD financing mechanisms to improve quality of chronic care inspiring #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What makes chronic care of good quality? Check out our conceptualization below. #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Are you wondering how much it would cost to introduce a minimum package of care for diabetes and hypertension in LMICs? Find an example here ijic.org/articles/7682/…

Have you applied for the short course on Non-communicable Diseases at the Institute of Tropical Medicine? Only 1 week left for the 24-25 batch! itg.be/en/study/cours…

Sign the petition now! The Call to Lead on NCDs: Three actions governments must take actonncds.org/take-action/ca…

Let’s talk about improving quality of care for chronic conditions! Workshop meeting, 9 & 10 December, @ITMantwerp in-person (limited slots) or virtually. Register here: forms.office.com/e/jMTpsYxVg3.

The pre-print of our proposed framework for chronic care quality is now available medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Quality of care for chronic conditions warrant specifications. Read here, now. @ITMantwerp tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

#NCDs #integration

Knowledge is power! @ITMantwerp and JICA discussing health systems strengthening projects/programmes in Cambodia.

Face-to-face component of the systematic review + meta-analysis course at NIPH Cambodia, done! @ITMantwerp @SreanChhim

Every 2 seconds, a person aged <70 years dies from NCDs. Are you one of those trying to address the ballooning burden of NCDs and would like to advance your knowledge further? Apply for our 3-week NCD course! itg.be/en/study/cours…

Feeling virtuous on commercial determinants of non-communicable diseases

Wonderful #ICIC24 last night in beautiful #Belfastcityhall gathering the @IFICInfo tribe to celebrate. @AnneIFICScot honoured with a lifetime achievement award 🥇 Lovely to chat & dance with many new international colleagues 💃

@LornaKerin @IFICInfo @AnneIFICScot @AinemCarroll @suebb934 @northwoodRN @asteinsbekk @CarlaDix4 @herefordigital Happy to have met such wonderful people! All the best!

Tomorrow!!! See you in our networking session to brainstorm on evaluating integrated care. Building and Applying Strong Evidence to improve integrated CARE for multimorbid populations (BASE Care) Bar 2 Level 2 11:30am-1:00pm @IFICInfo #ICIC2024

@IFICInfo #ICIC2024 #IntegratedCare

See you next week @ICIC2024