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Group Model Building (GMB). GMB is a participatory In celebration of 30 years of
approach whereby diverse stakeholders share democracy in South Africa
their views about a problem to create a collective
understanding of a complex system. Our Throughout the first three decades of democracy,
engagements aim to arrive at and depict (common) NCDs have firmly assumed the leading position
in terms of contribution to deaths in the country,
drivers of the syndemic of malnutrition from diverse against a background of non-optimal prevention
perspectives and leverage points for action. and control interventions. Government and society
Our process included conducting focus group need to move the country toward achieving its
discussions and depth interviews with stakeholders, commitment of substantially reducing premature
after which we did an initial round of coding before mortality from NCDs. NCDRU will continue to
inviting the stakeholders back to share the findings contribute to these efforts by generating reliable
and engage them to build the models with us. The evidence to characterise the burden, determinants
CHW found the exercise empowering and uplifting and trends of major NCDs in the country and region,
and gave the scientist interesting perspectives and but also to inform policy and actions to improve the
key leverage points for intervention. detection, prevention and control of common NCDs.

SAMRC Wellness day offering various tests and valuable wellbeing information to staff including
identifying potential health risks.

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