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In policy decisions on NCD prevention and control, actively engage young people's views. Hear them out. #YHPKenya @PlanKenya @SiBishop @PlanUK @CSA_Kenya @PlanGlobal @PlanRESA @AstraZeneca @NAYAKenya

@PRBdata Young people must be heard and their views considered by governments in policy decisions. They can no longer just be counted as present meetings.

#NCDdata & #youthNCD report back! pscp.tv/w/bnpolDFkcmpl…

Fantastic morning with all of @AstraZeneca Kenya’s staff celebrating the Young Health Programme which @PlanUK partners on. It raises awareness among young people about the health impacts of alcohol, smoking and unhealthy lifestyles. Off shortly to see it in action in Kibera.

Excited to be in Nairobi visiting the fabulous @PlanKenya @PlanUK @AstraZeneca Young Health Programme (YHP) which aims to help young people make informed choices about risk behaviours linked to tobacco, alcohol and poor diet that can lead to cancer and other NCDs in later life.

We are celebrating two years of the Young Health Programme (YHP) in Kenya through a learning event this week and recognizing the accomplishments of our partners who have brought important disease prevention information to young people in Kibera @SiBishop @Danor_Ajwang @PlanUK

The Young Health Programme is a global disease prevention programme focused on the most common non-communicable diseases (NCDs): cancer, diabetes, heart disease and respiratory disease. @AstraZeneca @PlanUK @ClareDalyUK @IanDiamond11 @Danor_Ajwang

The Young Health Programme in Kenya was launched in 2016. It aims to contribute to improved health and gender equality of young people, aged between 10-24 years in Kibera. #YHPLearningEvent @PlanUK @SiBishop @ClareDalyUK @IanDiamond11 @AstraZeneca @MusyokiSamuel

YHP is in 21 countries across 5 continents reaching 2.25 million young people and 13,800 health workers and trained personnel @PlanUK @AstraZeneca @SiBishop @MusyokiSamuel @IanDiamond11

Opening remarks by Dr. Sylvia Vito Regional Director for East Africa Astrazeneca MEA "The Young Health programme has been one of the most impactful partnerships that Astrazeneca takes pride in across their operations" @PlanUK @AstraZeneca @MusyokiSamuel

“Reason for focus on NCD’s by AstraZeneca is the massive visible burden across the world. 70% of deaths can be tied to poor primary risk factors fueling Non-communicable diseases”, Helen Seibel, Associate Director, Global Community Investment AstraZeneca @AstraZeneca @PlanUK

Non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and respiratory disease account for 27% of deaths, many premature, in Kenya and pose a huge threat young urban men and women. #YHPLearningevent @PlanUK @AstraZeneca @SiBishop @ClareDalyUK @IanDiamond11

Information on NCD’s such as diabetes has to be broken down to layman’s language for communities to understand the risks and therefore drive positive behavior change @AstraZeneca @PlanUK @SiBishop @IanDiamond11 @ClareDalyUK @MusyokiSamuel @Danor_Ajwang

Marleen Kerera, a YHP trained peer educator from Kibera sharing her experience on educating her peers within her community on NCD’s

Non Communicable Diseases are medical conditions that are not caused by infectious or communicable agents. The most common NCDs are cancer, diabetes, heart and respiratory disease. They are often called chronic diseases. #YHPLearningEvent @OchiengNaaman @Danor_Ajwang @PlanUK.

“Young people are a key demographic in our country who would greatly benefit from messages on NCD. There is need to scale up beyond Nairobi.” Plan International Kenya Country Director @MusyokiSamuel @AstraZeneca @PlanUK

Danor Ajwang' Project Manager-Young Health Programme Kenya @PlanKenya speaking about the partnership with @AstraZeneca #YHPLearningEvent @Danor_Ajwang @OchiengNaaman

Prof.Sir Ian Diamond, chair Plan International UK emphasizes on the importance of linking biomedical reasearch with social science in regards to behavior change especially for young people @IanDiamond11 @SiBishop @PlanUK @ClareDalyUK

“The challenge to reach young people with the message of Non-communicable diseases still has a long way to go.” @IanDiamond11 @SiBishop @PlanUK @AstraZeneca @MusyokiSamuel

Prof Sir @IanDiamond11" I'm excited to see the cross national study that lays out how obesity has contributed to NCDs, Plan is proud to partner with AstraZeneca.The work we are doing in reducing risks of NCDs, is one that has a huge challenge to tackle and much more work to do."

The YHP programme sustainability component can be enhanced if the communities where we work in take it up even after the programme comes to an end @AstraZeneca @PlanUK