This year, while gathered at the 72nd Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (AFRO RC 72), WHO AFRO Member States adopted NCDI Poverty Network’s PEN-Plus initiative draft resolution. WHO/AFRO’s adoption of PEN-Plus as the regional strategy for addressing severe, chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like type 1 diabetes at first-level care facilities represents a paradigm shift in the regional approach to NCDs, expanding strategic focus from prevention to treatment.
Read Xinhua News coverage of this development, featuring Helmsley Type 1 Diabetes Program Director Gina Agiostratidou: https://english.news.cn/africa/20220902/e71eb5a7866b4b798525e2a4d7757298/c.html