The Diabetes Investment Accelerator (DIA) has been developed by WDF to explore, implement and scale innovative financing mechanisms to address the growing burden of diabetes and related NCDs in low- and middle income countries.
Payment-by-Results initiative designed to improve the early detection, prevention, and management of diabetes and diabetic eye complications in Armenia. By leveraging AI to streamline diagnosis, screening, and treatment, this program aims to deliver significant cost savings and better health outcomes.
Health start-up that is committed to transforming healthcare access for industrial workers in India. This is done by establishing one-stop-shop physical and digital centers strategically located near or at workplaces. By integrating physical presence with digital solutions, it provides affordable preventive healthcare services tailored to the specific needs of this often-overlooked group and their families through employer programmes.
Social Impact Bond addressing type 2 diabetes in six Canadian Indigenous communities, using private investments to fund community-driven health solutions. With government payments tied to measurable outcomes, the SIB offers a scalable and effective approach to tackling health challenges in marginalised communities.
589 million adults are living with diabetes worldwide, 80% live in LMICs.
Globally, 86.9% of all undiagnosed cases of diabetes are in low and middle-income countries.
Diabetes and NCDs has a profound effect on a country's productivity, health systems, individual households, and human capital.
An additional investment of USD 0.90 per person could prevent or delay up to 80% of all NCD, saving 7 million lives and USD 230 billion in economic benefits.
The majority of global capital is not geared towards SDGs.
The Accelerator serves as an intermediary, supplementing traditional grant-giving models with innovative financing mechanisms to accelerate investments in prevention and access to care for people living with diabetes and related NCDs.
Through the Accelerator, we provide access to funding, generate knowledge, develop investment cases, nurture a project pipeline, and build a strong alliance of impact-first organisations, investors, and other change-makers.
DIA has been developed to explore and deploy innovative financing mechanisms as means to mobilise capital to scale up financing for prevention and access to care for diabetes and related NCDs in low- and middle-income countries
Increased number of people living with diabetes diagnosed and under treatment
Strengthened availability and delivery of care for diabetes and related NCDs
Increased availability of opportunities for healthy living and healthy pregnancies (ex
Increased availability of opportunities for healthy living and healthy pregnancies (ex. delivery of healthy food options and access to physical activity)
Build knowledge around impact-first financing and investing
Co-develop and deploy concrete investment cases with partners
Build a global alliance of partners to accelerate new financing models
Enhance availability and delivery of care
Availability of opportunities for healthy living and healthy pregnancies
Provide affordable options for care and prevention focusing on lower income groups and people living in vulnerable situations
Seek opportunities to enhance quality care or preventive measures
Prefer tested models and initiatives, ready to scale or innovative initiatives with a clear ambition and opportunity for scale, including financial sustainability
Kirza Buch KristensenDirector, Business Development and Strategy+45 30 77 51 46kzbk@worlddiabetesfoundation.org
Anders BagerSenior Project Manager+45 34 44 09 16gnea@worlddiabetesfoundation.org
Cansu ÜnalanProject Manager+45 34 44 69 38cuna@worlddiabetesfoundation.org
Mariana GomesStudant Assistant mmxv@worlddiabetesfoundation.org