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Comment
. 2018 Mar 1;7(3):282-285.
doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.93.

Challenges Facing Global Health Networks: The NCD Alliance Experience Comment on "Four Challenges that Global Health Networks Face"

Katie Dain  1
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Challenges Facing Global Health Networks: The NCD Alliance Experience Comment on "Four Challenges that Global Health Networks Face"

Katie Dain. Int J Health Policy Manag. .

Abstract

Successful prevention and control of the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) cannot be achieved by the health sector alone: a wide range of organisations from multiple sectors and across government must also be involved. This requires a new, inclusive approach to advocacy and to coordinating, convening and catalysing action across civil society, best achieved by a broad-based network. This comment maps the experience of the NCD Alliance (NCDA) on to Shiffman's challenges for global health networks - framing (problem definition and positioning), coalition-building and governance - and highlights some further areas overlooked in his analysis.

Keywords: Advocacy; Civil Society Networks; Coalition-Building; Governance; Human Sustainable Development; Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs).

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