Advocacy partners

By joining forces with top international organisations, specialised agencies, diabetes advocates and other pertinent stakeholders, IDF has created powerful advocacy initiatives to promote diabetes prevention and improve access to care worldwide.

Our work is informed by the impactful projects and activities we undertake, and we are committed to engaging with everyone who shares our mission to make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes and their carers.

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- Non-communicable Disease (NCD) Alliance: As one of the founding members of the NCD Alliance in 2009, we collaborate globally in over 80 countries to prevent and control NCDs, leaving no one behind.

- Global Coalition for Circulatory Health (GCCH): The GCCH is an advocacy initiative uniting 32 international, regional and national stakeholders in circulatory health. The GCCH released two papers on “Driving sustainable action for circulatory health” in 2018 and “Preventing the next pandemic: the case for investing in circulatory health” in 2021. As a member of the GCCH leadership group, IDF works to drive the urgent action needed to combat heart disease, a leading cause of death globally and a major risk for people with diabetes.

- World Health Organization (WHO): IDF has official relations with the WHO. IDF and WHO collaborate closely on diabetes awareness, prevention and care. In 2021, WHO launched the Global Diabetes Compact to engage people with lived experiences in diabetes prevention and management. By considering their insights and perspectives, we can improve the care provided to people with diabetes.

- Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO): An estimated 62 million people in the Americas live with type 2 diabetes. IDF is in official relations with PAHO/WHO in the Americas. PAHO works towards effective measures to prevent and manage diabetes and diabetes complications, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Additionally, IDF holds Codex Observer status on the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme and is associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI).

Statement

WHA79 Constituency Statement - Agenda Item 12.1

This statement welcomes the 2025 Political Declaration on NCDs and Mental Health and urges governments to turn commitments into policy, financing, accountability and action, with stronger investment, UHC integration, health taxes and community engagement.

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WHA79 Constituency Statement - Agenda Item 12.4

This statement delivered by the World Stroke Organization welcomes the stroke resolution and urges Member States to adopt action plans spanning prevention, primary care, acute treatment, rehabilitation, surveillance, financing and health-system integration to reduce avoidable deaths and disability.

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WHA79 Constituency Statement - Agenda Item 12.5

This statement delivered by International Association for Dental Research calls for oral health to be integrated into primary healthcare and UHC, highlighting links with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, kidney disease and other conditions, while urging stronger prevention, monitoring and community engagement.

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WHA79 Constituency Statement - Agenda Item 12.5 delivered by IAPO

This statement welcomes primary healthcare as the foundation of UHC and calls for meaningful patient engagement, person-centred integration across conditions, and accountability measures that capture quality, safety, equity and lived experience of care.

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WHA79 Constituency Statement - Agenda Item 12.5 delivered by NCDA

This statement urges Member States to integrate NCD Alliance prevention and care into primary healthcare and benefit packages, expand access to essential medicines and technologies, strengthen community-based services, use data, and reduce financial barriers.

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WHA79 Constituency Statement - Agenda Item 12.6

This statement delivered by the World Heart Federation warns that the world is off track on health-related SDGs and calls for stronger action on NCDs through equitable primary healthcare, UHC, financial protection, emergency preparedness and integrated services across the continuum of care.

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WHA79 Constituency Statement - Agenda Item 20.1

This statement welcomes recognition of NCDs and mental health in global health architecture reform, while urging inclusive civil society representation, stronger safeguards, aligned financing, multisectoral engagement and clear accountability mechanisms.

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WHA79 Resolution on Reducing the burden of stroke

The WHO resolution on reducing the burden of stroke calls for a stronger and more coordinated global response to stroke prevention, treatment and recovery. It recognises that stroke is now one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, with the greatest impact falling on low- and middle-income countries where access to prevention, emergency care and rehabilitation remains limited.

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WHA79 Resolution on Steatotic Liver Disease

The WHO resolution on steatotic liver disease recognizes the condition as a rapidly growing and under-recognized global health challenge closely linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other noncommunicable diseases. It calls on Member States to integrate steatotic liver disease into national NCD strategies, strengthen prevention and early detection through primary healthcare, address shared risk factors, improve surveillance and research, and expand equitable access to care through integrated health system responses.

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WHO WHA79 Constituency Statement: Agenda Item 12.1

This statement calls for integrated action on circulatory health, urging Member States to embed cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease and related NCDs into primary care, UHC packages, prevention, early detection and accountability systems.

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