The announcement comes ahead of World Diabetes Day on November 14. An estimated 589 million adults live with diabetes worldwide, around 80% of them in low- and middle-income countries. According to Novo, the ten-year commitment gives WDF greater certainty to plan long term and scale its regional and global work.

WDF has worked with partners for 25 years to build diabetes care into local health systems. In Tanzania, a small diabetes clinic grew over two decades into a government-owned national program for non-communicable diseases. In Jordan, a five-year program strengthened more than 190 health facilities, trained more than 2,000 healthcare providers and improved care for more than 192,000 people, including refugees.

“Lasting improvements in health don’t happen overnight. They require long-term commitment, strong local partnerships and solutions that can become part of everyday healthcare,” says Elin Jäger, Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff to CEO, Transformation & Sustainability at Novo.