Noncommunicable diseases kit (NCDK) 2022

For an outreach population of 10 000 people for 3 months

WHO has reviewed the Non communicable disease kit 2016 to improve the support to treatment for chronic disease patients in emergency settings. The prevalence of NCDs is increasing worldwide, including in emergency/crisis-prone areas. The revised NCD kit 2022 attends to cover this gap by providing essential medicines and medical devices for the management of hypertension and cardiac conditions, diabetes & endocrine conditions and chronic respiratory diseases.

Composition of the NCDK 2022

The new NCDK 2022 contains 5 modules as followed

Download the NCDK 2022 content list

Read the NCDK 2022 technical note

Module 1 – Medicines

Contains essential medicines to treat hypertension and cardiac conditions, type 2 diabetes, and chronic respiratory diseases. Does not include cold chain human insulins. The mental health medicines are removed from that kit and now  gathered under a special mental health kit (MH2022).

Changes from NCDK 2016: Within the medicines module, glibenclamide was replaced with gliclazide to reduce the risk of hypoglycaemic reactions. New additions to the module include the statin simvastatin, the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors enalapril and hydrochlorothiazide, as well as a paediatric formulation of the asthma medication beclomethasone (100mcg).

Module 2 – Cold chain

Contains . human insulins in vials of 10ml cold chain medicines only.

Changes from NCDK 2016: Quantity of human insulin mix 70/30 of rapid-acting and intermediate-acting insulins were increased.

 Module 3 – Supplies and renewables

Contains a small supply and renewables such as, urinary test strips, cotton wool, examination latex gloves, adhesive tape, and swab alcohol pads.

Module 4 – Equipment

Contains stethoscope, peak flow meter, otoscope and ophthalmoscope set, sphygmomanometer, pen flashlight, clinical digital thermometer, body tape measure, adult scale, monofilament devices for diabetic foot screening, as well as inhalers with a spacer.

Changes from NCDK 2016: The equipment module was expanded to include monofilament devices for diabetic foot screening, spacer inhaler chamber and an adult scale.

Module 5 - Glucometer

Contains a glucometer with 300 strips and 300 lancet pens 28G. The module serves one patient for three months. Note that the glucose strips and the lancets can be reordered on the WHO catalogue. 

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The Mental health component will be treated in a different kit - Mental Health Kit 2022. Which contains two modules: one specifically dedicated to primary health care, the other for hospital settings.