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World Diabetes Foundation

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

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 take..

United Republic of Tanzania

20 Jun 2025

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World Diabetes Foundation, SolidarMed

Zimbabwean men unite to advocate for diabetes care

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Zimbabwe

30 Oct 2024

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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

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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 expanding the..

Nepal

25 Oct 2024

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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 in addr..

Liberia

24 Oct 2024

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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 collabora..

Jordan

28 May 2024

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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 Tanzania...

United Republic of Tanzania

08 May 2024

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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 to Univers..

Jordan

08 May 2024

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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

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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.&nbsp;More than half of those are undiagnosed. A 2017 externa..

United Republic of Tanzania

08 May 2024

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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 the disea..

India

08 May 2024

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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, getting c..

Kenya

14 Nov 2023

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