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Africa has adopted a new strategy known as the Pen Plus Strategy, to boost access to the diagnosis, treatment and care of severe non-communicable diseases (NCD).
Key Points:
About Pen Plus Strategy
- Pen Plus is a Regional Strategy to address Severe Non-communicable Diseases at First-Level Referral Health Facilities.
- It is aimed at bridging the access gap in the treatment and care of patients with chronic and severe NCDs.
- It urges countries to put in place standardised programmes to tackle chronic and serious non-communicable diseases by ensuring that essential medicines and diagnostics are available and accessible in district hospitals
