Kenya launches large-scale NCD programme on World Diabetes Day

This World Diabetes Day, WDF highlights how patience, resilience and partnership can unify decades-long efforts into strong and sustainable national responses to NCDs.  

On 14 November, the Ministry of Health in Kenya (MoH) launched a new four-year project, ‘Integrating Diabetes and Hypertension Prevention and Control into Primary Health Care’, aiming to improve healthcare across Kenya's 47 counties.  

With a grant of EUR 7.1M from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) and WDF combined with partner in-kind contributions and co-funding, bringing the budget to EUR 12M, the national scale-up represents the largest WDF-supported project in terms of grant size. The significant funding and advancements made in Kenya will continue the strengthening of national healthcare at a primary healthcare level – vital in decentralisation of health services. 

The launch is part of the national celebration of World Diabetes Day (WDD), celebrated annually on 14 November. This year’s campaign stresses the importance of prevention, early diagnosis and timely treatment, and access to accurate information and care – areas that the scale-up is focusing on.  

WDF's Sanne Frost Helt (pictured above) and Emil Morell were invited to the launch event held in Elgeyo Marakwet County, alongside key partners. 

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