Courses
Tackling Noncommunicable Diseases in MENA: Policies for Action (NCDs)
December 11th to 14th, 2023
The burden of disease from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is rising rapidly globally including in the MENA region. Health systems are ill equipped to address the needs of patients with NCDs and lack of awareness and inadequate knowledge of NCDs results in late health seeking behavior and late-stage diagnosis. Financing is grossly inadequate with patients incurring high OOP spending with risk of impoverishment and patients are increasingly vocal, with mounting social pressures to expand access to care in fiscally challenging environments.
