Methodology
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Prevention (Led by NPHF)
Aims
- Assess NCD risk behaviours in adolescents and youths
- Appraise environment including facilities, policy, and youth-friendly services
- Develop, implement and evaluate strategies to modify NCD risk behaviours
- Strengthen and support existing NCD-related policies through multi-sectoral partnerships
Methods
- Leverage youth and schools’ programmes
- Determine youth-led advocacy efforts
- Design health education & prevention approaches for selected NCDs
Outcomes
- Epidemiology of NCDs
- Determination of risk factors in young people
- New programmes implemented for mitigating NCD risk factors in adolescents/young people
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Detection (Led by PAHS)
Aims
- Strengthen primary health care for promoting universal health coverage for cardiovascular disease, diabetes and mental health
Methods
- Assess the burden of NCDs, existing health services, facilities and barriers to access health care
- Design a comprehensive NCD care model and evaluate locally-appropriate solutions
- Determine and develop a pathway to scale for successful NCD care
Outcomes
- Set pathway for policy uptake of the best care models
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Reducing mortality (Led by BSMMU)
Aims
- Improve referral for treatment and intervention in severe disease
- Implement surveillance and data systems for continued learning
Methods
- Routine synthesis of health data at country level to produce time sensitive evidence for supporting health decision-making
- Establish algorithm-based disease focused case management, lifestyle modifications and proper referral linkage for control of disease severity in NCDs
- Develop a generic protocol for extracting local level data from both countries using an online data entry system
Outcomes
- Health economic, health system, policy and treatment seeking behaviour data
- Referral systems in place and operational across both countries
- Reduced mortality and morbidity
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