Access Accelerated, PATH and Vietnam’s Ministry of Health are scaling a successful hypertension prevention and management program, originally started by the Novartis Foundation in Ho Chi Minh City in 2016, to reach people across the country and to include other NCDs. Through the perspectives of community volunteers like Ms. Tao and partners like the Ministry of Health’s Dr. Truong Dinh Bac, a mini-documentary produced for the BBC StoryWorks and NCD Alliance series, Turning the Tide, showcases the power of a community-based and people-centered approach:

 

 

 

Watch the mini-documentary and learn more about the Turning the Tide series here.