News and Media
One of the aims of the World Diabetes Foundation is to help create more awareness and advocay on diabetes.
On this page you will find the tools available for the media in writing about diabetes in the developing countries.
Story archive
The website of the World Diabetes Foundation is constantly updated with stories about the different activities world wide. Below you will find an overview of all our published stories.
Providing access to care in Cambodia
Private and corporate donations raised through a range of activities, have made it possible to inaugurate two new diabetes clinics in Kratie and Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Fight diabetic foot complications
A project in Karnataka, India, is preventing diabetes related amputations in rural areas by taking advanced high level of technology and a committed network of volunteers into a joint collaboration.
Reaching far in China
A National Diabetes Programme in China supported by The World Diabetes Foundation is aiming at bringing diabetes awareness and prevention to half of the republic’s population.
The good work can go on
The work of the Foundation has received widespread accolades but the best was at the annual general assembly held in March 2008, when the shareholders of Novo Nordisk A/S approved an additional endowment of 575 million Danish Kroner
More hands to lift the burden
The year 2007 has been a turning point for the World Diabetes Foundation. Growing from fifteen odd projects in the first year of existence in 2002, today the Foundation has funded 138 projects covering 77 countries. In 2008, a few new staff members have joined the Secretariat.
Reaching out to the children
Statistically there are 38,000 children in Sub Saharan Africa living with type 1 diabetes. However, the problem is that only a few of them receive medical attention before its too late, and even fewer are properly diagnosed and provided with lifesaving insulin.
Fundraising projects initiated by the World Diabetes Foundation in Tanzania and Cameroon support children with diabetes care and provide them with a hope of a normal life.
Securing a future for Prince Leonard
Nine year old Prince Leonard Shoo from Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, carries the double disease burden on his tiny shoulders, dealing with the major diseases of Africa by himself and in his family.
Yemen off to a good start
A diabetes centre in Sana’a is the corner stone in a World Diabetes Foundation supported project that hopes to create awareness and start a process of building a national strategy to map and fight non-communicable diseases such as diabetes in this relatively poor country in the Middle East Region.
Global awareness on World Diabetes Day 2007
On World Diabetes Day, 207,694 people from 70 different countries joined the Global Diabetes Walk in 2007. When walking, their thoughts have been with the 246 million people around the world who not only walk, but live with diabetes around the clock.
In Mali, Mr. Stéphane Besancon has major plans for revising diabetes care. Three projects funded by World Diabetes Foundation may well help Mr. Besancon reach his goal (October 2007)
The WDF Peruvian project partner, Mrs. Martha Mora de Belaunde, did not hesitate when earthquakes struck Peru in mid August and jeopardized the health of people suffering from diabetes (October 2007)
One would least expect diabetes to be a problem in Burundi, yet the World Diabetes Foundation has received and funded two project proposals (October 2007)
In Nepal, a team completing their project in 2006 reflects back on what worked and what did not - and why!(October 2007)
Australian baritone Jeffrey Black, performing at the Together in Song-concert, has travelled to Cambodia and describes how his visit was an eye opener for him and his 13-year old son, who has diabetes (October 2007)
Since 2004, the World Diabetes Foundation has encouraged people around the world to walk on World Diabetes Day, this year we celebrate that UN recognises diabetes as global problem (October 2007)
On the 14th October, a charity Opera Concert to be held in Cadogan Hall in London will benefit people with diabetes in Cambodia. (September 2007)
A film produced by our project partner in Mali creates awareness about diabetes, the film is available on the WDF website (September 2007)
Distinguished members from the WDF, WHO, IDF, World Bank and the Danish government assembled to mark the official celebration of the Foundations five years of existence on 28th August 2007 (August 2007)
WDF shares results and impact in the brochure: “Five years on making a difference” (July 2007)
More than 230 delegates from 25 countries in Sub Saharan Africa convened at the Diabetes Summit Africa (July 2007)
At one of the WDF supported clinics in Kenya we met 7-year old Sheila (July 2007)
The “MARG”( Hindi for Path) programme is enjoying overwhelming success and support in North India. (July 2007)
Children are the most vulnerable people with diabetes, in Sudan they are helped by a project (July 2007)
The "Diabetes Clinical Practice Guidelines” and “Diabetes Education Training Manual” are released (July 2007)
June 2007, WDF holds its second regional diabetes summit (April 2007)
A look back on WDF project activities worldwide and with compelling stories from Latin America (April 2007)
Two container clinics build with the help of local voluntary forces and fundraising (April 2007)
Novo Nordisk CEO visits Cape Town, where the WDF idea began five years ago (April 2007)
Rewarded film based on footage from WDF tell the facts of diabetes to support a UN Resolution (April 2007)
A fundraising project will provide screenig and treatment to avoid blindness caused by diabetes (February 2007)
The General Assembly of the United Nations has by consensus adopted the resolution (December 2006)
Awarded retinopathy project in India draws attention (December 2006)
Managing director Anil Kapur met diabetes walkers and a First Lady during his visit to Indonesia (December 2006)
Programme manager Tilde Frøyr experienced a free screening campaign during the World Diabetes Day (December 2006)
Partners and press are offered to download the WDF logo (December 2006)
WDF has supported the IDF Diabetes Atlas - a comprehensive piece of diabetes facts and numbers (December 2006)
A true story from Brazil of 2 year old Beatriz who nearly didn't make it the day she developed type 1 diabetes (October 2006)
The global WDF/IDF Fellowship programme has helped nine young doctors towards the goal to be future diabetes champions (October 2006)
A favella in Brazil will benefit from Novo Nordisk fundraising during the Walk 2006 (October 2006)
The Global Diabetes Walk 2006 will put a spotlight on diabetes and UN resolution. 153,000 thousand have signed up to join the walk on 14 November (October 2006)
Fundraising money support education of nurses and eye-screening of people with diabetes (October 2006)
R.R. Lions Hospital in India is screening masses, detecting diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (October 2006)
The WDF sponsors an innovative and unique project in Karnataka (June 2006)
Every month employees from Novo Nordisk donate part of their pay check to diabetic children (June 2006)
The stamp will create nationwide awareness against the high rate of amputations in Tanzania (June 2006)
The WDF supports the Unite for Diabetes campaign aiming for a UN Resolution on diabetes in 2007 (June 2006)
A diabetes symposium organized by European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES) and the WDF (April 2006)
Dr Anil Kapur will take over the position as Managing Director of the Foundation (March 2006)
Information on WDF projects, diabetes consequenses, and a focus ion diabetes in Africa (March 2006)
The first of a series of global initiatives bringing together international experts, this time focusing on Asia (March 2006)
Fundraising opens a diabetes clinic and an educational program in Mongolia
At the Novo Nordisk International Meeting 2006 money for diabetes clinics in Cape Town was collected (March 2006)
7 year old Anita was carried by her father to the diabetes clinic in Kabul, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes (December 2005)
A workshop passing on valuable lessons about the collection of diabetes data, was held in Yaounde, Cameroon (November 2005)
Nine dollars a month amounts to something, our story from El Salvador shows (November 2005)
Executive chairs, desks and other office furniture have been sold on auction to help children with diabetes (November 2005)
Life with diabetes is disclosed in a book produced by the medical company Novo Nordisk (Sept. 2005)
On the new WDF focus area, which will lead to more support towards efforts in primary prevention (Sept. 2005)
Impressions from poor parts of Argentina made American Laura fundraise for WDF by running a marathon (Sept. 2005)
Communication is one of the important weapons in the fight against gestational diabetes mellitus in India (Sept. 2005)
Photos taken for WDF by Photographer Jesper Westley, travel the world (August 2005)
A diabetes center has been established in East-Jerusalem in cooperation with “DanChurchAid” (June 2005)
In the Cuban case the government has been unable to complete the program because of a lack of material resources (June 2005)
An obesity clinic in Cameroon has been set up with the help of staffs of Novo Nordisk France and local support (June 2005)
Background on the Cameroon Burden of Diabetes Project (June 2005)
In this project WDF made an extraordinary exception from the rule not to donate insulin (June 2005)
They are the first of their kind in Afghanistan (June 2005)
The sales of cookbooks in Novo Nordisk support a WDF diabetes project in Vietnam (April 2005)
WDF involved in a global media campaign (March 2005)
Impressions from a monitoring visit (March 2005)
Fundraising for years aims to set up five clinics (March 2005)
Results from the World Diabetes Day activity November 2004 (March 2005)
Fundraising activity in the Philippines (March 2005)
Fundraising activity for Uzbekistan (March 2005)
Fundraisning for Afghanistan (February 2005)
Fundraising for 60 children with diabetes (February 2005)
Screening for retinopathy in India (January 2005)
Interview with Leif Fenger Jensen on a fundraising project in Erdernet (December 2004)
On RAPIA, a rapid assessment protocol for insulin access (December 2004)
A Global Diabetes Walk is arranged by the World Diabetes Foundation (November 2004)
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