Our work

How We
Work.

Healthcare progress reaches a patient through four stages. WNCDAF works wherever the distance opens up between them.

Advances to impact

Four linked stages.

A medicine may be approved but unavailable. A technology may work but be unaffordable. A guideline may be published but underutilized. We work in the gaps between the stages.

  1. 01AdvancesNew therapies, technologies and care models
  2. 02AccessApproval, affordability and availability
  3. 03AdoptionEducation, engagement and system integration
  4. 04ImpactBetter outcomes and reduced disparities
What we mean by advances

Not only medicines.

  • Prevention
  • Diagnosis
  • Medicines
  • Technologies
  • Digital health
  • Models of care
  • Continuous monitoring
  • Precision approaches

Innovation does not automatically create impact. The gap between what is scientifically possible and what is practically accessible can grow wider rather than narrower. WNCDAF was conceived around that gap.

The WNCDAF action model

Five steps from a gap to a solution that scales.

  1. 1

    Understand the Gap

    Identify where disparities exist. Who is not benefiting? What barriers exist? What do patients, clinicians and systems experience?

  2. 2

    Measure the Gap

    Move from perception to evidence: access indicators, equity frameworks, country comparisons and patient pathway analyses.

  3. 3

    Develop Solutions

    Bring the right stakeholders together to agree credible responses: consensus frameworks, care pathways and policy options.

  4. 4

    Enable Adoption

    Support translation into practice through professional education, implementation guidance, partnerships and capacity building.

  5. 5

    Scale What Works

    Identify successful models and help them travel: case studies, toolkits, cross-country learning and regional networks.

Streams and pillars

Same strategic pillars. Three streams.

Each of our three streams works on the same four strategic pillars, each answering one question. Read across a row to see a stream's four focus areas, or down a column to see how every stream answers the same question.

Prevention and Early DetectionAre the right people being identified in time?
Access and AffordabilityCan people obtain and afford what exists?
Implementation and Integrated CareDo systems actually deliver it?
Capability and LeadershipDo practitioners and leaders have what they need?
Metabolic HealthEarlier Detection and Prevention of ProgressionEquitable Access to Metabolic CareIntegrated Care Across the Metabolic ContinuumCapability and Leadership DevelopmentOncologyEarlier Diagnosis and Cancer PreventionEquitable Access to Cancer CareCare Pathways and Continuity of Cancer CareCapability and Leadership DevelopmentImmunizationPreventing NCD Complications Through ImmunizationEquitable Access to ImmunizationIntegrating Immunization into Routine NCD CareCapability and Leadership Development
Evidence across all stages

Fewer, stronger outputs.

WNCDAF aims to be recognised for the quality and usefulness of its evidence rather than the volume of its publications.

Consensus statements

Expert agreement on what good care looks like

Position papers

Clear positions on access, policy and equity

Real-world evidence

What happens outside the trial setting

Implementation case studies

Models that work, documented so others can use them

Work with us

Help us close the distance.

Whether you work on prevention, access, implementation or capability, there is a place for your organisation in this work.

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