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WDF partners with academia

What interventions supported by WDF are the most effective? How can project learnings best be documented and communicated? How can this data support the investment case for diabetes and NCDs – ultimately helping developing countries save money and lives?

As WDF’s project portfolio has expanded in geographical scope, number and size in recent years, these questions have taken on increasing urgency, says WDF Managing Director Leif Fenger Jensen.

In Rwanda, partners come together to lift diabetes care

Etienne Uwingabire from the Rwanda Diabetes Association draws a crowd to a diabetes screening event in Kigali. Click above to see a short film.

In 2016, Rwanda’s Ministry of Health launched a comprehensive plan to protect the country’s residents from premature morbidity and mortality related to NCDs. It included a strong rationale for action, the Minister of Health’s endorsement – and a call for more financing to address the significant funding gap.

WDF funds 13 new projects in second half of 2018

Potential beneficiaries of WDF18-1579, a new project combatting NCDs among Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, with a focus on women’s health.
Projects funded by WDF in the second half of 2018 stretch from Argentina to Zimbabwe, and focus on a variety of interventions and focus areas. But they share a goal of diabetes prevention and – as neatly summarised by the new Niger project - to improve the health of people with diabetes.
 
Below is a list of the 13 new partnership projects that received WDF funding in the second six months of 2018. 
 

New projects signed in second half of 2018