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Katie Dain

Katie Dain is CEO of the NCD Alliance, a global network of civil society organizations dedicated to transforming the fight against noncommunicable diseases. Recognized as a leading expert on NCDs, Katie has served on the WHO Independent High-Level Commission on NCDs, The Lancet Commission on NCDIs of the Poorest Billion, The Lancet Commission on Global Oral Health, and The Rockefeller-Boston University 3-D Commission.

Latest Articles

Accelerating Action: Sponsored by NCD Alliance
Accelerating Action: Sponsored by NCD Alliance
Opinion: Investing in health — unlocking fiscal policy potential
9 Dec 2024
Health, equity, and sustainable development are all within our reach — but we need to get fiscal policies for NCD prevention right. NCD Alliance’s Katie Dain and Liz Arnanz Daugan explain how.
Building Back Health
Building Back Health
Opinion: NCDs and building back fairer from COVID-19 — if not now, when?
17 May 2021
The world's failure to invest in noncommunicable diseases has come back to bite during the pandemic. Building back better requires greater priority for NCDs and integrated responses, argues NCD Alliance CEO Katie Dain.
COVID-19
COVID-19
Opinion: Tackling the twin burdens of NCDs and COVID-19
31 Jul 2020
Worldwide, roughly 71 million refugees and people displaced within their own countries are potentially facing deprivation of basic health care, and the risk is further exacerbated by COVID-19. This op-ed outlines action for the global health community to take.
Produced in partnership: Duty of Care
Produced in partnership: Duty of Care
Opinion: Depression, anxiety, insomnia — health workers and the side effects of COVID-19
7 Jul 2020
The mental health of frontline health workers has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. For many, the most severe mental health effects are likely to come in the aftermath of it. We hear why it’s essential to be ready for an emerging mental health crisis.
Produced in partnership: Healthy Access
Produced in partnership: Healthy Access
Opinion: From health for all to all for health
12 Aug 2019
Prioritizing prevention as part of a comprehensive national universal health coverage response can help avoid the financial and human cost that NCDs and other health issues have on people, communities, health systems, and economies. NCD Alliance explains.
Gender equality
Gender equality
Opinion: Time to deliver on older women's health
1 Jul 2019
"Leveling the playing field earlier in a woman’s life has exponential impacts across her lifetime," explain Katie Dain, CEO at NCD Alliance, and Kate Bunting, CEO at Help Age USA.
Noncommunicable diseases
Noncommunicable diseases
Opinion: We need new ways to fund NCDs. Development assistance isn't enough.
9 Apr 2018
Ahead of this week's WHO Global Dialogue on Partnerships for Sustainable Financing of NCD Prevention and Control, NCD Alliance CEO Katie Dain says there must be emphasis on exploring new financing streams to implement national responses to noncommunicable diseases — including blended finance, public-private partnerships, pooled funding structures, and innovative financing mechanisms.
World Cancer Day
World Cancer Day
Opinion: 70 percent of cancer deaths happen in developing countries. We need to fix access gaps.
2 Feb 2018
To mark World Cancer Day, the leaders of the Union for International Cancer Control and the NCD Alliance highlight the gaps in cancer care for patients in developing countries.
Noncommunicable diseases
Noncommunicable diseases
Opinion: World leaders are showing up to fight NCDs. Let's not get distracted.
2 Nov 2017
Last week's appointment of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as WHO goodwill ambassador on NCDs eclipsed the global leadership taking place in Montevideo.
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