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Meeting local needs, contextualizing interventions, and scaling effective programmes across regions and countries: Read how Member States and partners leverage multisectoral collaboration and engage stakeholders to co-designand scale evidence-informed and effective NCD prevention and control.

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Zimbabwean men unite to advocate for diabetes care

World Diabetes Foundation, SolidarMed

Zimbabwean men unite to advocate for diabetes care

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Zimbabwe

30 Oct 2024
Cambodia’s sprouts of change: healthier futures through safer child nutrition in schools

World Diabetes Foundation, Helen Keller International

Cambodia’s sprouts of change: healthier futures through safer child nutrition in schools

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Country Stories

28 Oct 2024
Heroes of remote Nepal: Women leading the way to healthier communities

World Diabetes Foundation

Heroes of remote Nepal: Women leading the way to healthier communities

Women in Nepal have become promising agents of change, improving control of type 2 diabetes and social trust. Now, a scale-up to rural areas is exp..

Nepal

25 Oct 2024
Breaking barriers: Liberia’s journey from modest diabetes clinic to national NCD response

World Diabetes Foundation

Breaking barriers: Liberia’s journey from modest diabetes clinic to national NCD response

A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing. This Liberian proverb seems to embody the progress i..

Liberia

24 Oct 2024
New film series explores the power in community healthcare education in Jordan

World Diabetes Foundation

New film series explores the power in community healthcare education in Jordan

When it comes to health, people do not share the same opportunities. Addressing health inequality and closing gaps in healthcare requires worldwide..

Jordan

28 May 2024
Elderly Refugee Couple benefit from Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - Project

UNHCR, World Diabetes Foundation

Elderly Refugee Couple benefit from Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) - Project

Community sensitization, mobilization and early diagnosis is saving lives of non-communicable disease refugee patients specifically diabetes in Tan..

United Republic of Tanzania

08 May 2024
Jordan puts NCDs at heart of UHC and humanitarian response

NCD Alliance, World Diabetes Foundation

Jordan puts NCDs at heart of UHC and humanitarian response

Jordan’s government and civil society are stepping up action to strengthen NCD prevention and care, working together as part of their commitment ..

Jordan

08 May 2024
A decade of partnerships in Georgia: Voices of the community

World Diabetes Foundation, Welfare Foundation

A decade of partnerships in Georgia: Voices of the community

How can a decade of projects bringing health to rural communities in Georgia continue to make a difference today? WDF went there to find out...

Georgia

08 May 2024
The Tanzanian recipe for impact - access to care for people living with diabetes in LMICs

World Diabetes Foundation

The Tanzanian recipe for impact - access to care for people living with diabetes in LMICs

An estimated 1 in 8 of adults among Tanzania’s 64 million population are living with diabetes. More than half of those are undiagnosed. A 20..

United Republic of Tanzania

08 May 2024
Humble beginnings and pioneering efforts - WDF's impact on gestational diabetes in India

World Diabetes Foundation, Jhpiego

Humble beginnings and pioneering efforts - WDF's impact on gestational diabetes in India

Since 2002, WDF has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the need to address hyperglycaemia in pregnancy. Through this push, attention to ..

India

08 May 2024
Kenya launches large-scale NCD programme on World Diabetes Day

World Diabetes Foundation

Kenya launches large-scale NCD programme on World Diabetes Day

Partners in Kenya celebrate World Diabetes Day by scaling up the national NCD response with the largest grant ever provided by WDF, g..

Kenya

14 Nov 2023
Strengthening diabetes care in Malawi through P2P Academy initiative

World Diabetes Foundation

Strengthening diabetes care in Malawi through P2P Academy initiative

In August 2023, three dedicated healthcare professionals from Malawi, Lucia Mbulaje, Falieth Chilonga, and Racheal Nyirenda, participated in an enr..

Malawi

13 Sep 2023
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