Inviting women with gestational diabetes to take part in 3 interviews to understand how the condition impacts women from pregnancy 🤰 to the postnatal period 🤱Follow the link to find out more tinyurl.com/Diabetes2425

🎙Dr Patrick Ngassa Piotie from UP’s Diabetes Research Centre, UP Diabetes Research Centre (DiabetesCentre@UP), spoke to Jeremy Maggs on Moneyweb on HOT102.7FM about how Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) fuel rising NCDs like diabetes and increasing healthcare costs.🔗 Full interview: bit.ly/40xeI73 #HPL

Thank you to Patrick Ngassa Piotie for sharing your insights on HOT102.7FM! 🙏🏽 Your expertise is invaluable in helping us highlight the impact of NCDs and advocate for healthier food policies. 🍎📢 Let’s keep pushing for change! 💪🏽 #HPL #DelaysMeanDeath

🌍 15 DAYS TO GO! 🎉 For the first time, the Global NCDA Forum 2025 is coming to Africa—and it’s happening in Kigali, Rwanda, from 13th to 15th February 2025! Join global leaders, advocates, and changemakers to discuss innovative solutions to tackle Noncommunicable Diseases

Deputy Minister, Dr-Joe Phaahla with Mr Bruce Fordyce, #ParkrunSA CEO at Kwenele Parkrun, Katlehong in Ekurhuleni this morning, to encourage good lifestyle choices in order to prevent and manage diseases, such as regular exercise, health screenings, a balanced diet👌🏼🏃🏃🏃🏃

What a run today at Kwenele @Parkrun in Katlehong with the Deputy minister National Department of Health promoting parkruns in townships and making physical activity an enjoyable leisure activity choice in our communities. WHO South Africa is partnering with the National Department of Health in a World Diabetes Foundation funded

Happening NOW at #NCDAF2025: Critical satellite sessions! 1️⃣ Healthy Cities, Healthy Lives: Integrating responses to malnutrition & NCDs in LMICs. Sponsored by Swiss TPH 2️⃣ Accelerating Diabetes Care in Africa: Unveiling the WHO Regional Framework. Sponsored by

As the curtains fall on the amazing #NCDAF2025 in kigali organized by NCD Alliance and hosted by the Rwanda NCD Alliance , i take time to reflect on a few personal lessons i have picked here. 1. When communities lead, change happens, livelihoods are improved and ultimately, lives are

This morning, City of Kigali residents participated in the bi-monthly #CarFreeDay, promoting a healthy and active lifestyle. We were honored to be joined by participants from the 4th Global NCD Alliance Forum, recently concluded in Kigali, who reaffirmed their commitment to

Kigali #CarFreeDay is more than just sports—it's a time for fun, community and well-being! 📸More pictures: flic.kr/s/aHBqjC2Ahy. #KigaliYacu #NCDAF2025

It was so much fun.

We would like to thank all NCD advocates who participated in #NCDAF2025. It was a pleasure to meet civil society members, people living with NCDs, experts, young advocates, government representatives, and private sector stakeholders in Kigali to strategized on how we can

Kigali #CarFreeDay is such an amazing activity. Imagine finding all this in one place: ✅ Fun ✅ Free check-ups for Non-Communicable Diseases. ✅ Education ✅ Networking ✅ And so much more! #NCDAF2025 #ActOnNCDs

Thank you Rwanda NCD Alliance for such great memories. #NCDAF2025 was a success. Well done!

Looking forward to the conference with fellows from the Kofi Annan Global Health Leadership Program. Africa CDC

#RoadToNHI The National Health Insurance (NHI) Branch of the National Department of Health, will host a workshop at the 2025 #PHASA Conference on Sunday, April 6, 2025. National Department of Health PHASA SAMRC

Hypertension in South African women rose from 30% (1998) to 50% (2016). Sugary drinks are a big driver. The Health Promotion Levy cut intake by nearly a third—now let’s double it to protect women’s hearts. Read Babys and Beyond: bit.ly/3ZcmrX2 #WorldHypertensionDay #HPL

📣 Join our webinar with Dr. Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Patrick Ngassa Piotie — global health leader, co-founder of University of Pretoria Diabetes Centre & Chair of Diabetes Alliance SA. 🔹 $3M+ NCD grants 🔹 Kofi Annan Fellow 🗓️ 9 June | 🕒 14:00–15:00 🔗 bit.ly/3HgrhN9 #BeyondSymptoms #FOPL

Read my latest op-ed in Health-e News