NCD Policy Lab

17/11/2025

🎥 Take a moment to explore this insightful video created by our partner CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, shared for the and more broadly under this awareness month.
It highlights 7 key medical tests that can support early detection and better management of diabetes, an essential reminder of how timely monitoring can make a real difference.

👉 For additional guidance and practical tools to support diabetes prevention and care, follow their weekly series each Tuesday.

14/11/2025

On the occasion of 🔵, explore with our partner CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas the history and key data on worldwide and in Peru 🇵🇪

14/11/2025

A powerful video from our partner HPAC in Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, on the occasion of , featuring the voices of young people with lived experience across the country.

All the heroes of the video are young people. They accept their diagnosis, each in their own way, but they are united by one thing: the desire to live a full life, every day. Their testimonies remind us that diabetes is not a sentence, but a way to take care of oneself and one’s health✨

🎥 Watch the video: https://youtu.be/8c3zjRza3QE?si=pv21ADTs5QbymiMv

14/11/2025

🔵 For , attention turns to the lived experiences of people living with type 1 diabetes across different settings

Across all regions of the world, is not just a matter of medicines and medical follow-up: it is a mental burden, a management of uncertainty, deeply personal, yet carrying a shared reality. Each person, though faced with unique challenges, experiences a collective journey marked by constant balance and common coping strategies that allow them to overcome obstacles and live life to its fullest. Testimonials collected by partners in diverse settings shed light on this shared reality.

Explore more:
Stories from Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬: https://youtu.be/8c3zjRza3QE?si=9HzLl2AsELeIuR8w
Stories from Peru 🇵🇪 : https://youtu.be/JFCEHvlP0gM?si=7bhXfZGWvcxUH5zM
Stories from Mali 🇲🇱 and Switzerland🇨🇭: https://ncdpolicylab.org/activities/exhibition/living-with

💬 Share your lived experience today using



Université de Genève, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, HPAC, CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, ONG Santé Diabète

14/11/2025

On 2025 🔵, attention turns to the experiences and needs of people living with type 1 diabetes across different regions and settings.

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on Type 1 Diabetes works to improve care globally, using evidence, lived experience, and diverse perspectives to inform its goals, activities, and outcomes.

Explore the Commission’s priorities and approach to addressing global gaps and advancing equitable, person-centered in type 1 diabetes care.

More information on the Commission 👉https://ncdpolicylab.org/projects/the-lancet-diabetes-endocrinology-commission-on-type-1-diabetes

The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission on Type 1 Diabetes receives funding from Breakthrough T1D and the World Diabetes Foundation, as well as overall coordination support from the Swiss Development & Cooperation.

14/11/2025

It’s !

Advancing the adoption of evidence-based policies that enhance diabetes care 🔵

13/11/2025

💡A 24-hour challenge for students and professionals eager to transform health

showcased how innovation, collaboration, and scientific commitment can drive change in public health. The event was organised by our partner CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas in Peru 🇵🇪 and gathered talented participants to design impactful solutions for NCD prevention, cancer care, and the intersection of technology and climate change.

Congratulations to all participants, mentors, and partners - and special recognition to CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas for leading such an inspiring initiative that bridges creativity, research, and social impact 👏

12/11/2025

💬 What makes effective?

Is it the clarity of the message, the creativity of the format or the power to connect data to real stories? How can research on diabetes, health, and the environment reach and resonate with everyone? And how can AI and data visualization help make science easier to understand and share?

These questions take on particular meaning during this week 🔵, a time to reflect on how better communication can bridge , , and lived experience.

💡 The "Scientific outreach training: strategies, techniques, and tools for health research" explores how to make science more engaging, accessible, and impactful through 10 sessions:

⚪ Session 1: Definition and models of science communication
⚪ Session 2: Examples of applied models of science
⚪ Session 3: Science storytelling
⚪ Session 4: Engagement techniques
⚪ Session 5: How to create a podcast or video
⚪ Session 6: Examples of science communication events and outputs
⚪ Session 7: How to write a good copy using artificial intelligence
⚪ Session 8: Examples of bad and good AI uses for science communication
⚪ Session 9: Data visualization and infographics training, key concepts
⚪ Session 10: Data visualization and infographics training, tutorial

Start the training here 👉 https://ncdpolicylab.org/activities/webinars/scientific-outreach-training-strategies-techniques-and-tools-for-health-research

This online training is organized by the NCD Policy Lab, the COHESION-I Project, and CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas.

Because impactful starts with clear and stories that make matter!

12/11/2025

This week, as we mark 🔵, discover a series of insights on healthy lifestyles and information about diabetes, shared by our partner in Peru, CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas.

✅Join Glukito, Glucy, Panchito, Lina, Globito, and Emi to learn key concepts about diabetes and how small lifestyle changes can make a big difference in prevention and care.

11/11/2025

🤝 2025 annual coordination meeting: collective progress in action

Bringing together partners from across the NCD Policy Lab, this year’s meeting was all about collaboration, progress, impact, and strategic planification. Held in Lima, the coordination meeting took place among a series of vibrant gatherings, inspired by the voices of early-career researchers, people with lived experience, healthcare providers, and policymakers from across the Latin America Region.

The meeting began with general project updates and the presentation of the impact survey results, followed by partner reports on their 2025 activities. Various interactive and collaborative discussions and sessions then explored shared tools, collective lessons learned, and strategies to catalyze synergies across countries.

Partners also looked ahead to #2026, co-designing activities aligned with the NCD Policy Lab’s outcome three core pillars: , , and .

The 2026 planning phase is now underway, strengthening efforts to advance science-informed policies for and driving collective impact across the regions. 🚀

🔵 Timely momentum as we approach World Diabetes Day, a strong reminder of why united action on NCDs matters

Université de Genève, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, ONG Santé Diabète, CRONICAS - Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades Crónicas, HPAC

10/11/2025

🔵 En cette semaine de la journée mondiale du , il est essentiel de rappeler que l’accès à l’ reste très inégalitaire malgré plus d’un siècle après sa découverte.

La conférence portée par David Beran, project team lead du NCD Policy Lab, organisée par Alumni UNIGE: « L’insuline : 100 ans d’existence, toujours pas universel » met en lumière cet enjeu crucial de santé publique mondiale.

🎥 Replay : https://youtu.be/CTUGabiGJDg?si=JckxiSOpyCLWA4im

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🔵 During this World Diabetes Day awareness week, it is essential to remember that access to remains highly unequal, more than a century after its discovery.

The conference by David Beran, NCD Policy Lab Project team lead, organised by Alumni UNIGE: “Insulin: 100 years of existence, still not universal”, highlights this crucial global health challenge.

🎥 Watch the replay: https://youtu.be/CTUGabiGJDg?si=JckxiSOpyCLWA4im

🙏 Merci à David Beran pour sa conférence passionnante "L’insuline : 100 ans d’existence, toujours pas universel" du 14 octobre dernier. 💉💊

📼 Replay disponible sur notre chaîne Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUGabiGJDg