South African Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (SANCDA+)
The SANCDA+ is a health and social justice advocacy grouping of individuals and organisations seeking to uphold the human rights of people living with NCDs+ (PLWNCDs+) in South Africa.
The SANCDA+ exists to ensure that PLWNCDs+ at any age, get their constitutional right to equal and quality NCDs+ prevention and management services and support without experiencing financial hardship.
Founded by 4 trusted NCDs+ advocacy organisations with over 200 years of service to South Africa in 2013. The founding members are the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), Diabetes SA, Heart and Stroke Foundation SA and PHANGO. Today it consists of more than 100 organisations and independent members allies and partners.
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Milestone Tobacco Control Bill progress Aug 22
4 years after publication the bill is a milestone further along the excrutiating path to ratification but it ain’t over yet
Planning Commission to analyse NDP implementation shortcomings
2023 NDoH Annual Performance Plan presentation
Right to access to care? Progress since 2007?
NDoH “Implementation” Review of 2nd NCDs NSP 2013-2017
Advocating for Universal Health Coverage Workshop
Communities to Act on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Webinar: Cancer Patients and COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 “adjusted” Phase 2 vaccine rollout 5 July 2021
Comment on: WHO epilepsy & neuro global action plan 2021 Draft
UHC people’s consultation for South Africa in 20 July 11:00-13:00
Planning Commission to analyse NDP implementation shortcomings
The National Planning Commission to further analyse short comings of implementation and possibly the NDP. Maybe NCDs+ get marked a priority
2023 NDoH Annual Performance Plan presentation
chicken or egg? The APP sets the objectives for the NDoH for the current financial year. For NCDs, there might be more outcomes listed with no incentive to do anything differently. It is still down to the provinces most of which dont have NCDs plans.
Right to access to care? Progress since 2007?
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic WHO's @DrTedros highlighted the problems of access to health services by millions of people living with NCDs+ in his tweet. His tweet certainly mirrors what the SA NCDs Alliance and our allies have been saying since 2007 when the SA...
NDoH “Implementation” Review of 2nd NCDs NSP 2013-2017
The review of the 2nd NCDs national strategy under taken by WHO Country Office, Melvyn Freeman consultant. Never officially recognised by the NDoH.
Advocating for Universal Health Coverage Workshop
EANNASO with the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism for UHC2030 (CSEM) and partners in the region invites all civil society and community representatives interested in achieving health for all to an advocacy workshop on universal health coverage (UHC) on 23 November 2021.
Communities to Act on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
This Global Week for Action on NCDs (6 – 12 September 2021), the South African Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (SANCDA), of which the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is a founding partner, celebrate the progress made in raising the profile of people living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in SA. Together with other civil society members, the Global Week of Action on NCDs hails the power and potential of people to act together on and drive NCDs change. The aim is to ensure that commitments made by government to improve health for people living with NCDs, will become a reality. The challenges presented by COVID-19 will not compromise action to help relieve the NCDs burden.
Webinar: Cancer Patients and COVID-19 Vaccines
webinar taking place on Tuesday 13 July at 12pm via Zoom – register via Quicket on https://qkt.io/XfaIGf to get your Zoom link.
We invite you to a webinar session about cancer patients and the COVID vaccine. Our panel of presenters include two oncology experts sharing current recommendations and information, Dr Zainab Mohamed, Head Clinical Unit, Radiation Oncology Groote Schuur Hospital / University of Cape Town and Dr Ria David, a medical oncologist and specialist physician from Oncocare.
COVID-19 “adjusted” Phase 2 vaccine rollout 5 July 2021
The NDoH official policy communication on vaccination 5 July outlines how the adjusted vaccination rollout. It differs from the original PHASE 2 rollout hence the use of "adapted." It is not explicitly linked to phase 2 but it is hard to see where else it fits. ...
Comment on: WHO epilepsy & neuro global action plan 2021 Draft
A first draft of the WHO integrated global action plan (GAP) on epilepsy and neurological disorders is available for comment by 5 August 2021. Click here. Use the web-based consultation form to make comments or send comments to [email protected] Background The World...
UHC people’s consultation for South Africa in 20 July 11:00-13:00
People of South Africa who use the government health services are asked to take part have their say about access to quality health services …..