Rwanda NCD Alliance

Rwanda Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance is a unique civil society network, founded in 2016 and uniting 25 organizations ( NCDs Patients, health care professionals and youth-led organizations and private institutions) working on NCDs in Rwanda. It was born as a fruit of collaboration between Rwanda Diabetes Association, Rwanda Heart Foundation, Breast Cancer East Africa Initiative, Rwanda Cardiac Patient Network, and Rwanda Pharmaceutical Students Association. Working together as an alliance provides a mutual platform for collaboration and joint advocacy to drive the NCDs agenda forward. It is our belief that addressing NCDs needs wide and multi-sector collaboration. Rwanda NCDA is globally connected with other NCDs Alliances. More than 1000 volunteers already affiliated with Rwanda NCD Alliance. The volunteers have a health background. They are young and well educated (normally they are recent graduates and university students). They are much eager to serve as well as bringing ba...