A Hong Kong Jockey Club unit contributes US$1.9 million to a WHO disease control project. The Institute of Philanthropy (IoP), an organisation of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, has launched a three-year pilot project in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) to control and manage non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in primary-care settings. The project, announced on 31 January at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, was supported by a contribution of US$1.9 million from IoP. Under the project, the WHO’s Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) will develop an end-to-end NCD control and management protocol in the Philippines, Tonga and Solomon Islands. It encompasses prevention, early identification, treatment and long-term management as well as prevention of complications and management of NCDs in primary-care settings. “The launch of this NCD pilot project aims to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with NCDs in vulnerable countries, while at the same time illustrate an investment case for scaling up the end-to-end NCD control and management model in the whole Western Pacific region,” said Tran Thi Giang Huong, director of WPRO’s Division of Programmes for Disease Con...