MEANINGFUL INVOLVEMENT
Last year, June 2021 started the first cohort of fellows of the Voices of Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries (NCDIs) Poverty Advocacy Fellowship, from the NCDIs Poverty Network . I was given the opportunity to be part of the fellowship together with three other fellows from Uganda, Kenya, and Nepal. The fellowship aims to help influence a call of action around NCDIs in the poorest countries. Fellows work to develop work plans that focus on building a community of people living with NCDIs (PLWNCDIs), and amplifying and leveraging their experiences. Throughout the fellowship we have been working together on disease-specific issues to co-develop and implement advocacy projects, in collaboration with the larger NCDI Poverty Network. I have been developing a project focusing on creating patient support groups or Solidarity groups of people living with Type 1 Diabetes. The main Goal of the project is To improve the quality of health of young people living with Type 1 Diabetes. Peopl...