Community-based health interventions are designed according to a community’s needs and may include a focus on health promotion, prevention and management of disease and ...
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Community is the key to behavioural change
Between January to April 2021, HelpAge International in Vietnam in collaboration with the Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE) successfully organised a series of five classes ...
Baseline Survey – Better understanding, better healthcare programme
In late 2020, a SUNI-SEA project kick-off workshop was organised among local stakeholders in Ninh Binh province in the north of Vietnam, to introduce the project interventions ...
Community-based Interventions: The key to reducing non-communicable diseases in South East Asia
Our researchers conducted a study to identify the effective core health-components, and contextual factors and programme elements of ...
Using a risk score for screening people with diabetes in Indonesia, a cost effective approach
SUNI-SEA project team translated the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) instrument into Bahasa Indonesian and evaluate its performance ...
A study in Vietnam shows Primary Health Care strengthening will help reducing NCDs risks in the region
The ecological study conducted during SUNI-SEA retrospective phase aimed to describe the burden of hypertension (HT) and diabetes mellitus type 2 in Vietnam...
First training course on NCD management and prevention in Ninh Binh, Vietnam
From 12-15 January 2021, HelpAge International in Vietnam (HAI) successfully organised the first training course on Non-communicable Disease Management and Prevention in Ninh Binh.
SUNI-SEA Stakeholder consultation workshop in Ninh Binh, Vietnam
The stakeholder consultation workshop of the SUNI-SEA project in Ninh Binh was successfully organised and obtained valuable recommendations for the project implementation in the prospective phase. The project plans to conduct the baseline surveys and finalise the locally-specific intervention strategies to ensure the feasibility and effectiveness of the SUNI-SEA project in the provinces. Following the retrospective study and situation...
Improving prevention and control of diabetes and hypertension in Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam
In Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam policies are in place and governments are committed to reduce NCDs. Guidelines have been developed and NCD programmes have been designed in the three countries, but these programmes are not reaching enough people (especially men and younger persons). Find here a summary of activities in the prospective phase of the study and our expected outcomes.
The retrospective study in brief
In the first year, the project analysed the situation in each location. We made an inventory of what is happening in each country in NCD prevention and control and compared this with findings in the literature of what is effective and what is cost-effective. We drew lessons learned from each country and made an inventory of strong and weak points. Based on the findings we produced recommendations for the implementation of community-based and primary healthcare activities in the prospective phase of SUNI-SEA.