World Diabetes Foundation
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We create partnerships to assist people with diabetes and those at risk
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Going into 2024, discover the progress our partners made worldwide in diabetes prevention and care in the latest edition of our #newsletter . 📧
🔎 Psst…you can find an exciting update in the newsletter that we haven’t shared before. Keep reading!
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Zurab, is one of many people, that explain #WhyWeDoWhatWeDo 💡
“I learned that other people with diabetes needed support, so I trained as a peer educator, through the WDF project. Diabetes management became easier and our quality of life improved.” – he said.
Can't get enough of our vibrant #community ? Neither can we! 💙
Mona, from Game Lebanon, our partner for the 2023 #Fundraiser project, shared, “I want to thank people for donating to the fundraiser because it teaches children about healthy lifestyles and makes them happy.'
🎙️During the Global #RefugeeForum , UNHCR invited WDF's Bent Lautrup-Nielsen for a quick-reply interview.
The interview shares WDF's reflections on integrated health systems that are inclusive & equitable for refugees & host communities, as promoted through WDF’s partnership w/ UNHCR.
Thank YOU for the #GlobalDiabetesWalk2023 !💙
🖊️ 270 walks organised worldwide
📣 over 67,000 participants
🌍 60 Walk Ambassadors
Read more about the inspiring stories and the impact of the Global Diabetes Walk 2023 in our article.
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If our partnerships have been the ‘how’, people like Nana are our ‘why'. 🌟
“Our doctors and nurses had the chance to join capacity-building initiatives. Many did not have such opportunities for decades.” – said Nana, Head of Gormedi Outpatient Clinic. 🏥
#WhyWeDoWhatWeDo
Last week, UNLEASH gathered +1,000 young talents from across the globe for #UNLEASH2023 🌎
WDF & Novo Nordisk Foundation supported the #SDG3 track, focusing on developing solutions to tackle #NCDs 💡Congratulations to team Dia-Beat-It who won the NCD track🎉
👏Multisectoral & multistakeholder approaches, integration of NCDs into primary healthcare - these & other questions were discussed at #CPHIA2023 side-event organised by Africa CDC, UN Development, @UN Task Force #NCDs & World Diabetes Foundation
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3tiwzRC
📢 Today, we mark International Universal Health Coverage Day!
2023 has been an important year for the UHC movement with the UN HLM & the new political declaration.
But there is still so much to be done. So today, we appeal to the global health & development community: Let’s unite for #UHC 💪
#UHC 2030 #UHC Day
This #UHCDay , we call on leaders to invest in #UniversalHealthCoverage to:
- Lift people out of poverty - Protect against public health crises
- Advance the #SDGs
- Ensure the fundamental right to health
We’ve heard the commitments. Now it’s time for action. #humanrights75
With the increasing burden of co-morbid chronic conditions among pregnant women, World Health Organization (WHO) will develop guidelines on the management of #NCDs in #pregnancy .
Make sure to join the webinar on 7 Dec to learn more about WHO's efforts 👉pulse.ly/8ccqgw9c84
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We are pleased to co-organize the event “Non-communicable #NCDs diseases as a governmental issue” in Lusaka, Zambia 🇿🇲 as part of the Conference on Public Health in #Africa .
That is joint work by World Health Organization (WHO), Africa CDC, UN Development World Diabetes Foundation. Join us online 👉🏽docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…