Bringing diabetes higher on the global agenda

The World Diabetes Foundation seeks to bring diabetes higher on the global agenda by entering into collaboration with recognised institutions in the areas of health, diabetes and development aid.
Through our partnerships we aim to raise global awareness of the diabetes epidemic. It is our hope that increased global awareness will help find the resources to address and potentially limit the epidemic.  The work to identify and develop new strategic partnerships has a high priority for the World Diabetes Foundation.
Memorandum of Understanding with DANIDA  On 28 August 2002 the Danish Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Danish International Development Assistance (DANIDA) and the World Diabetes Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding.   "The agreement between DANIDA and the World Diabetes Foundation aims to create synergy and ensure additional highly needed resources for building a better healthcare infrastructure in developing countries. As such it is a good example of how public-private partnerships have obvious potentials as a supplement to traditional governmental aid programmes" Per Stig Møller Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
International Diabetes Federation The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is the only global advocate for people with diabetes and their healthcare providers. Collaborating with the IDF, the World Diabetes Foundation has initiated a number of projects including "Fellowships" and the "Diabetes Atlas". Both projects aim to build capacity and raise awareness of diabetes.
World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nations' specialised agency for health. As such WHO is the leading institution in the area of global health. The World Diabetes Foundation supports a collaboration project between the WHO and the the International Diabetes Federation entitled "Diabetes action now". At national level, we work with WHO in Vietnam on the "National diabetes project".