STOP-NCD is a five-year National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Centre which aims to improve the health and wellbeing of populations in West Africa through comprehensive and sustainable capacity strengthening for high-quality applied non-communicable disease (NCD) research.

Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) between 2022 and 2027, the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for Non-Communicable Disease Control in West Africa (STOP-NCD) is a partnership between the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (GCPS), the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Ashesi University, the Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local (LASDEL, Niger), and the Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest – Unité Universitaire à Bobo-Dioulasso (UCAO-UUB, Burkina Faso).

The Centre addresses the urgent need to improve control of non-communicable diseases in West Africa, where healthcare has traditionally been neglected and driven by disease-specific programmes, with limited engagement of local communities.