Lavanya Vijayasingham

The 2nd @WHO symposium on #MeaningfulEngagement of People Living with #NCDs taking place today is a reminder that lived experience advocacy must be at the centre of the NCD agenda. @lavanyav149 put it like this this morning:

@breastlessAfrik @ncdalliance @WHO @maiaand Thank you Kwanele! We learn from and build with each other…. More to come, with louder noise and big impact we hope!

@ncdalliance @WHO @lavanyav149 Well said @lavanyav149. And well done to you, @Maiaand your colleagues on the WHO Symposium Steering Committee and the WHO GCM/NCD Department for holding a very informative WHO Symposium on #MeaningfulEngagememt. (My soul is full after the pm session.)

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"The scale of the attacks and speed of population displacement present unprecedented challenges for an already fragile healthcare system." Israel’s large scale military operations in #Lebanon have caused a displacement crisis bmj.com/content/387/bm…

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"Giving #patients real time access to their full electronic health records can help them to manage their health as effectively as possible." Patients need access to their medical records—now, @acpatient, @tessajlrichards, @ceineken, @WalkSquawks bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Living with and managing type 1 diabetes in humanitarian settings - paper by my WHO team mate @OriaJames1 - a good read! journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… #T1D #NCDs

I was privileged to participate & speak at the @WHO / @WorldBank 2nd Global Dialogue on #SustainableFinancing for #NCDs and #MentalHealth to share my journey living with #MS, & research stories. #LivedExperience must inform & lead technical framing in financing reforms!

#MeaningfulEngagement of people living with #NCDs, #mentalhealth, and #neurological conditions Join this kick-off meeting for a process that will culminate to inform the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in 2025. May 15-16, 2024 knowledge-action-portal.com/en/news_and_ev… Please share widely

May Bank Holiday Aurora over Stonehenge last night 😍❤️💜 Photo credit Stonehenge Dronescapes #NorthernLights #aurora #auroraborealis #astro #astrophotography #stonehenge

To learn about important WHO initiatives that support meaningful engagement of people living with NCDs, mental health & neurological conditions, please visit: buff.ly/4dCw5Iq For more info on the SYMPOSIUM highlighted below and to REGISTER, visit: buff.ly/3WHX6Uq

📢One more exciting opportunity to get involved in global advocacy and influence the outcome of the High-Level Meeting on #NCDs. @who & @WorldBank are launching a web-based consultation for the NCD financing dialogue. Contribute by 26 May👉 who.int/news-room/arti…

📣 SAVE THE DATE: Access to Assistive technology and rehabilitation services in humanitarian settings. During emergencies, the need for #AssistiveTechnology and for rehabilitation surges.   This event on occasion of #WHA77 provides a platform for all stakeholders to highlight importance of access to Assistive technology and #rehabilitation in humanitarian crises response. Register 👉🏽 indico.un.org/event/1011341/…

It's not cheap to research & develop a drug. But it's also not as expensive as Big Pharma suggests. @MSF's TB trial cost $34million. A lack of #Transparency in clinical trial costs only serves to benefit Pharma not patients. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Support from someone who has experienced the same challenges as you can be a powerful and profoundly human experience (I'm not alone in this!). What do we know about peer support for people living with #NCDs in #humanitarian settings? Open-access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

People living with chronic illness need multiple types of health services to manage their health & quality of life. See commentary on how integrated care can address this need in humanitarian contexts. @EimhinA @benschmid_ @ICRC @LSHTM_Crises @LSHTM_CGCC doi.org/10.1016/j.jmh.…

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