About us

The Danish NCD Alliance is a cooperation between the Danish Lung Association, Danish Diabetes Association and the Danish Cancer Society.

About us

Susanne Volqvartz founder of the Danish NCD Alliance

The Organisation

The Danish NCD Alliance is organised with a president and a steering committee, with leadership representation from the member associations.

The daily assignments are managed by the secretariat, with the possibilities of drawing on resources from experts from the member associations.


President and Steering Committee:


President: Professor, PhD, Per Kallestrup

The Danish Diabetes Association: Head of Political Department Ane Eggert Jackson

The Danish Cancer Society: Head of Political and Legal Department Una Jensen

The Danish Lung Association: Chief Physician Anders Løkke 


The Secretariat:


Director of Development: Stefan Islandi

Program Officer: Morten Bach

Project Assistant: Nhung Emily Pham 

Contact us


Economy

The Danish NCD Alliance receive the majority of its funds from the Danish International Development Agency’s (DANIDA) Civil Society Fund.

Besides this the member associations contributes with technical expertise and a financial contribution totalling 385.000 DKK a year.

Funds received from the Civil Society Fund

For our work in East Africa through a programme grant

Grant

15,1 million DKK 

Periode

2020-2023

For our work in East Africa through project grants

Grant

22,0 million DKK

Periode

2010-2020


Global Advocacy

We are very engaged in global advocacy; in order to secure NCDs a spot on the global agenda. In this we are closely affiliated with the global NCD Alliance, so for more information about NCDs and global advocacy please visit their webpage:

The global NCD Alliance