WDF is pursuing collaborating with academic institutions to collect, process and share the results and impact of WDF partnership projects. The first partnership with academia, signed in 2018, is with Copenhagen University, School of Global Health (SGH).

Excerpts/summaries of SGH master's student research:

Mozambique: Understanding the diagnostic pathways for diabetes - 2022

Bangladesh: Health Promotion through Religious Leaders - 2020

Moldova: Exploring the double burden of tuberculosis and diabetes in the Republic of Moldova - 2018

Palestine: Living with a Chronic Condition in an Unstable Conflict - 2018

Rwanda: Poster presented at the European Diabetes Epidemiology Group Conference - 2019