An integrated strategy to address NCDs at primary healthcare facilities unveiled
To tackle the burden of chronic and severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) a strategy to address management of severe NCDs at first-level referral health facilities has been unveiled. The Package of Essential Noncommunicable Disease Interventions-Plus (PEN-Plus) strategy builds on the WHO-PEN for integrated detection, diagnosis, treatment and care of non-communicable diseases at primary health care facilities. It was…