WDF funds 7 new projects in the first half of 2026
Focused on integrated and locally grounded solutions, the seven new WDF projects aim to strengthen non-communicable disease responses and advance diabetes prevention, diagnosis, and care across Africa, Central and South America, and Western Pacific and Asia.
09 July 2026 Anna Thabuis
In the first half of 2026, the World Diabetes Foundation signed seven new projects aimed at bringing care closer to those in need by focusing on embedding prevention, diagnosis and treatment into the services and community structures people already rely on.
As the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) continues to rise, especially in low-resource settings, our projects take a step back, addressing systems as a whole, recognising that diabetes rarely exists in isolation. It intersects with pregnancy, childhood nutrition, comorbidities such as hypertension, HIV, and tuberculosis (TB), displacement, cultural identity, poverty, and the everyday realities of local health systems.
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Guinea-Bissau |
WDF24-1947 |
Building on previous collaboration, the project aims to expand integrated care for diabetes, hypertension and other NCDs nationally, as well as piloting full scale integration of NCD in HIV and TB care. |
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Lesotho |
The project rolls out the expansion of the national programme for integrated NCD care, with a focus on diabetes and hypertension; and pilot the inclusion of NCD services within HIV and TB care. |
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Timor-Leste |
WDF25-1966 |
The project will expand integrated primary healthcare for diabetes and hypertension in Timor-Leste, strengthening prevention, diagnosis, treatment and referral by linking services more closely with maternal and child health, TB care, and the national Universal Health Coverage programme. |
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Fiji, Nauru, Vanuatu, Niue, and Wallis and Futuna |
The project aims to reduce diabetes prevalence in the five Western Pacific islands by integrating childhood obesity prevention, surveillance and early intervention across primary healthcare and education systems. |
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Mexico |
WDF25-1970 |
The project focuses on the prevention, early detection and care for type 2 diabetes and hypertension in vulnerable Indigenous communities in the Mixtec region through culturally grounded services, stronger health systems, digital tools and implementation research to support scale-up. |
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Brazil |
The project will support the promotion of healthier lifestyles among marginalised Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian families in Santa Catarina through traditional nutrition, physical activity, and culturally relevant approaches to diabetes prevention. |
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Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda |
The project seeks to strengthen the integration of NCD prevention and care in the humanitarian health response for improved service delivery and refugee inclusion into national health systems. |
Together, these new projects support the broader NCD agenda by encouraging integration across health systems and advancing early action on prevention, diagnosis, and care.