We partner to strengthen diabetes and hypertension care in low- and middle-income countries

by co-creating innovative digital solutions for improved health outcomes and stronger health systems.

Value proposition of our solutions

Freely sharing tools to improve diabetes care and management.

Open-source technology

Building robust systems to enhance diabetes treatment and support.

Strengthening Health Systems

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Making health data visible for decision-makers

Providing clear, actionable data to improve diabetes care decisions.

Access to learning materials both online and offline

Easy access to diabetes education anytime, anywhere for all.

We are advancing a suite of digital solutions within three focus areas: Improving early detection, strengthening health information, and enhancing learning and performance support.

The Diabetes Compass innovates digital health solutions

Screening App

Improving early detection

The mobile app enables community-based screening of people at risk of diabetes and hypertension. By combining a few simple questions with a waist circumference measurement and blood pressure reading, community health workers can screen for diabetes and hypertension without the need for costly blood glucose testing. This empowers community actors to screen people for free, and recommend people identified at risk to visit the nearest facility.

This solution supports improving early detection and timely diagnosis, thus removing important barriers for access to screening and reducing risks of severe complications.

Trained screener presenting the result of a screening done through an app that has been developed with the Diabetes Compass.

Clinic App

Strengthening health information

The clinic app digitalises the diabetes and hypertension care pathway and integrates each country's health system to form a comprehensive healthcare record accessible across all facilities for every individual. Leveraging user-friendly technology, it enables healthcare professionals to efficiently input, edit, and retrieve a patient's complete medical history and journey.

This solution supports stronger health information capture, transfer and use, securing a stronger continuity of care for patients and empowering healthcare workers.

Healthcare specialist filling out patient's information in the diabetes and hypertension module.

Data put in the electronic medical record module is then transferred to the data warehouse.

Analytics & Data Registry

Strengthening health information

The analytics and data registry aggregates case-based information from the clinic app and organises this data into a wide range of diabetes and hypertension indicators. This allows facilities to monitor and improve health service delivery and empowers health authorities to improve policy, planning, and financing for NCD services.

This solution contributes to strengthening national health systems through better use of health data.

A nurse using the diabetes and hypertension ebook to learn.

Learning App

Enhancing learning & performance support

The learning app allows nurses and medical officers to improve their skills in diabetes management and treatment. It consists of a range of training modules that health workers can access at any time, both online and offline.

This solution builds diabetes-related clinical capability among medical officers, nurses, and community health workers at the primary care level.

National E-Learning Platform

Enhancing learning & performance support

The improved national e-learning platform gives nurses and medical officers access to a variety of comprehensive learning experiences, covering a broad spectrum of accredited diabetes and hypertension courses.

Modernising national learning platforms supports building diabetes-related clinical capability among health care professionals by strengthening national learning centres of excellence.

A healtcare specialist learning through an national e-learning platform.

Insights from our work

Rethinking digital health solutions

In May, WDF and the International Diabetes Federation organised a side event to the World Health Assembly, where leaders and experts discussed the role of digital health in improving care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs), emphasising strengthening implementation of existing technologies to benefit those in need, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Digital solutions for diabetes: Enhancing healthcare capacity in LMICs

Through co-creation efforts, the Diabetes Compass Initiative sought to transform diabetes care pathways through digital innovation for capacity building of local healthcare workers. Malawi and Tanzania serve as examples.

How can digital innovations close the healthcare gap?

Jackie Ogutu, Head of Digital Health Solutions at the World Diabetes Foundation, in conversation with Sven Ekert, Senior Strategist at Manyone. They will took a look at how the Diabetes Compass initiative is seeking to transform early detection and care through co-created digital solutions in Sri Lanka, Malawi, and Tanzania.

Discover our tools in action

Explore our toolbox featuring digital health solutions. All designed to improve diabetes and hypertension care in countries by responding to locally defined needs and challenges.

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