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World Diabetes Foundation

Diabetes at Work: Unseen Struggles and Everyday Resilience in LMICs

13 Nov 2025

Globally, an estimated 430 million working-age adults live with diabetes, many of whom reside in LMICs. This year, World Diabetes Day draws attention to the daily struggles faced by people with diabetes in the workplace: stigma, discrimination, exclusion, anxiety, and restricted access to care.The conversation around diabetes and employment is often complex, particularly in LMICs, where informal w...

13 Nov 2025

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Empowering people with diabetes in South Africa through the GREAT project

South Africa

25 Sep 2025

Type 2 diabetes affects the lives of one in four South Africans over the age of 45, placing a heavy burden on families and communities. Beyond the costs of routine care, diabetes complications such as stroke, heart attacks, kidney failure, nerve damage, amputations and blindness perpetuate cycles of poverty and strain already overburdened health services. Today, Type 2 diabetes is the leading caus...

25 Sep 2025

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World Diabetes Foundation

Digital solutions for diabetes: Enhancing healthcare capacity in LMICs

Malawi

26 Aug 2025

Through co-creation efforts, the Diabetes Compass Initiative sought to transform diabetes care pathways through digital innovation for capacity building of local healthcare workers. Malawi and Tanzania serve as examples.

26 Aug 2025

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World Diabetes Foundation

Building healthy futures: Addressing Hyperglycemia in pregnancy in Latin America

26 Aug 2025

Hyperglycemia in pregnancy poses serious risks to maternal and child health. In August 2025, the World Diabetes Foundation hosted a Partner2Partner webinar featuring experts from PAHO, Fundación Vida Nueva, and Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, showcasing how education and local partnerships are driving healthcare improvements across Latin America.

26 Aug 2025

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World Diabetes Foundation

Health equity in humanitarian settings: WDF and UNHCR’s partnership

Burundi

19 Aug 2025

After three years of targeted efforts, the first phase of the partnership between the World Diabetes Foundation and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has now been completed.The collaboration has delivered strong results in preventing, diagnosing, and treating non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and mental health disorders among displaced people and host communities in Tanzania,...

19 Aug 2025

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World Diabetes Foundation

The national NCD response of the United Republic of Tanzania – best practice and nation-wide scale up

United Republic of Tanzania

20 Jun 2025

Over the past decade, the United Republic of Tanzania (population of 67 million, including the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar with 1.2 million), has taken a lead in sub-Saharan Africa in terms of developing and implementing policies and action plans to address the burden of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Unlike many low-income countries where national NCD strategies often...

20 Jun 2025

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HelpAge International

Older people in Nepal embrace self-care

Nepal

30 May 2025

This article explores a pioneering self‑care initiative led by HelpAge partner Ageing Nepal, which equips older individuals with the tools to manage their own wellbeing. Delivered through two-day workshops in Kathmandu’s Senior Citizens Day Care Centres, the training covers nutrition, hydration, physical activity, sleep, and mental wellbeing, using a locally adapted version of HelpAge's Self�...

30 May 2025

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WHO regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

The Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer Stakeholder Workshop in Egypt

Egypt

12 May 2025

The workshop aimed to present the WHO Global Initiative on Childhood Cancer (GICC) and the WHO CureAll technical package to national policymakers and multidisciplinary providers involved in childhood cancer care in Egypt. The workshop sought to summarize the current landscape in Egypt by highlighting recent achievements in the field of pediatric oncology, while also identifying existing gaps and o...

12 May 2025

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)

The Friendship Bench: Bridging Zimbabwe’s mental health treatment gap

Zimbabwe

01 May 2025

Globally, millions of people are suffering with mental health conditions and have no access to evidence-based interventions. The Friendship Bench (FB) is a successful programme that was developed in Zimbabwe in 2006 to bridge this gap. FB uses a task-shifting approach to support those dealing with “kufungisisa”, a term locally understood as an equivalent of anxiety and depression. Community he...

01 May 2025

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ICPCN (Improving Palliative Care for World's Children)

Establishing Children's Palliative Care in Ghana

Ghana

14 Mar 2025

The International Children's Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) and World Child Cancer-Ghana have successfully completed a one-year project to enhance children's palliative care in Ghana. The initiative, funded by Global Health Partnerships, reached over 2,500 health professionals and established palliative care services in 60 healthcare facilities across the country. The project included webinars, f...

14 Mar 2025

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WHO Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

International Childhood Cancer Day in Pakistan

Pakistan

04 Mar 2025

Dr. Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital (ANTH) and Islamabad Medical &amp; Dental College (IMDC) commemorated International Childhood Cancer Day 2025 with a special visit from WHO officials, including Ms Ellen Thom, Deputy WHO Representative in Pakistan; Dr Soofia Yunus, DG Federal Health Ministry of Pakistan; and Dr Qudsia Uzma, Technical Officer, RMNCH. The visit, hosted by the Paediatrics Department...

04 Mar 2025

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Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Scaling up the Community Health Assessment Program in the Philippines (CHAP-P): Preventing hypertension and diabetes through primary healthcare

Philippines

19 Feb 2025

The Philippines, like many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), experience high prevalence rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) especially hypertension, diabetes and their associated complications. About 90% of the population are at risk of developing these conditions, posing significant challenges to the health system. Due to geographical and cultural diversity, access to health service...

19 Feb 2025

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