Author Archives: Stephen Ogweno

NCDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH COURSE ONBOARDING One of the project’s expected outcomes is increased awareness and literacy on NCDs and climate change. What a better way to do this, than through a self-paced course on NCDs and climate change. As a self-paced course, the content is designed to optimize learning and enhance knowledge retention. StowelinkContinue reading “STOWELINK IS TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF NCD AND CLIMATE CHANGE CHAMPIONS THROUGH ITS ONLINE COURSE”

Stowelink program team is very keen in bringing onboard relevant partners and stakeholders to support The Co-Benefit Project – NCDs Youth and Climate Change. Stakeholders and partners offer essential technical and directional support to community programs implementation. This is also very strategic for sustainability agenda for donor funded projects beyond donor exit. In this regard,Continue reading “STOWELINK MEETS COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS IN A NEW PROJECT THAT AIMS AT ADRESSING NCDs & CLIMATE CHANGE”

Stowelink in partnership with the NCD Alliance of Kenya are implementing The CoBenefit Project NCDs and Cimate change. The project aims to reduce the negative impact and vulnerability of Non-communicable Disease among young people. It seeks to build the capacity of young people in under-resourced communities to mitigate the NCDs vulnerability and its impact throughContinue reading “STOWELINK LEADING THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND NCDs CONVERSATION THROUGH THE STEP UP PROJECT”

How do we build back better? In an effort to shine more awareness and insight into the experiences of people living with non-communicable diseases at the height of COVID 19 and potential lessons for the future, Stowelink in collaboration with NCD champions produced a 10-part podcast series on NCDs and COVID 19. This podcast seriesContinue reading “NEW PODCAST SERIES: NCDS AND COVID 19: LESSONS FROM THE PAST TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE”

In an incredible event that also doubled up as the annual meeting for the members of the NCD alliance of Kenya, Stowelink joined the alliance on celebrating its 10 years in advocating for non-communicable diseases. Stowelink is privileged to have joined and worked with the alliance for 7 of the 10 years that it hasContinue reading “STOWELINK JOINS THE NCD ALLIANCE OF KENYA IN CELEBRATING ITS 10 YEARS ADVOCACY ON NCDs”

The annual Global Week for Action on NCDs seeks to ensure NCD prevention and management get the attention and action they deserve, everywhere, for everyone. In 2022, the focus was on bridging the NCD Investment gap. This year it was all about prioritizing the urgent need for increased NCD financing to prevent and treat NCDsContinue reading “STOWELINK JOINS THE GLOBAL NCD ALLIANCE TO COMMEMORATE THE GLOBAL WEEK OF ACTION ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.”

In a 3-day conference that started in August 30th Stowelink joined other local and international experts at Sawela Lodges for a training on edible oils and fats monitoring and possible industry interference. In this meeting discussions revolved around trans fats and possible industry interference. A lot of strategies on industry interference, possible avenues of collaborationContinue reading “STOWELINK TRAINED ON EDIBLE OILS AND FATS MONITORING AND POSSIBLE INDUSTRY INTERFERENCE 30-8-22”

As part of the Our Views, Our Voices initiative, the NCD Diaries are a participatory, community-based and multimedia storytelling project that illustrates and highlights individual lived experiences and calls for action on NCDs. The NCD Diaries use rich and immersive multimedia approaches to share lived experiences to drive change, using a public narrative framework. TheContinue reading “STOWELINK’S CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER FEATURED IN THE NCD DIARIES 2022 EDITION”

Trans fats Tuesday is a weekly campaign brought to you by the International Institute of Legislative Affairs in partnership with Stowelink and other partners to shine a light on trans fats and its effects on health and well-being. As we know trans fats are the worst type of fats one could possibly have and itsContinue reading “TRANSFATS TUESDAY: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TRANSFATS.”