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Health experts were quick to identify that persons living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart diseases, hypertension, chronic lung diseases and cancers were more vulnerable to becoming severely ill with COVID-19.
The Pacific Community (SPC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are co-hosting and co-funding a consultation workshop ‘Strengthening implementation of NCD priority actions in the Pacific: Consultation on the Pacific Monitoring Alliance for NCD Action (MANA) and Legislative Framework’.
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At the 7th Pacific Heads of Health (PHoH) meeting, leaders declared that primary care and access to universal health care must be priorities for improving the health of the region’s population.
