Adopting an iterative, pragmatic approach to guideline writing, the PCI clinical team has just concluded the co-writing of national level treatment guidelines for South Sudan. Drawing on a diverse bank of resources, our collaborative methodology enabled us to rapidly appraise the evidence base and produce high quality guidelines on a breadth of topics within just … Read more …
The PCI team recently carried out a training with Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Jordan on providing NCD care in humanitarian settings for clinicians and medical programme managers working in MSF clinics in the region. This was the first time we used a ‘blended learning’ approach, where participants completed an e-learning course in advance of the … Read more …
PCI is excited to be continuing our partnership with AMPATH and supporting their innovative work on primary healthcare. A key area of focus in this next phase will be the development of an ‘Operational Guidance’ manual: a practical guide to systems and infrastructure needed for setting up and running primary healthcare services. This will ensure … Read more …
We attended a group care meeting in Webuye, Kenya today and had the privilege of meeting Mercy*, who had just been diagnosed with diabetes. Mercy is a new member of a microfinance group there and had just been seen by a clinical officer for NCD screening. As part of the BIGPIC* project, health care clinics … Read more …
It’s exciting to see the next steps taking place within our ambitious project of decentralisation of non-communicable disease (NCD) care in Mozambique. This pilot project is a result of a new partnership between PCI and Professor Ana Mocumbi’s research team at the Instituto Nacional de Saúde (INS)- the National Public Health Institute, facilitated by the … Read more …
PCI recently carried out a training of trainers on mental health care to Libyan doctors as part of a broader DfID-funded/WHO led project on primary care. There has long been a push to include mental health care as part of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) care provided at primary care level. At the UN High Level Meeting … Read more …
John* is a doctor in a refugee camp in Tanzania and sees first-hand how non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have affected the lives of people living in the camp. Having recently become an ‘NCD champion’ as part of our project with UNHCR, he shares his experience and the initial results of this. “NCDs have a big impact … Read more …
As we come to the end of the year, we are pleased to share with you our Annual Report for 2018. With highlights from the past year, it’s a reminder of what a busy and varied year we have had, and a time to acknowledge and thank all our partners, clients, advisors, colleagues and friends … Read more …
I am back in Uganda to see how our NCD pilot project with our partner LifeNet, supported by Letshego, is progressing. In particular I am looking forward to learning how the health centres are getting on implementing new systems and caring for the newly enrolled NCD patients. We have come to Mbirizi, a small health … Read more …
Our trip to UNHCR refugee camps in Uganda was an opportunity to see how far our ‘NCD champions’ had come since our initial training visit and it did not disappoint. Nine months after receiving training on delivering NCD care at primary care level, the Ugandan UNHCR NCD champions were able, through a health systems approach, … Read more …
