Diabetes Investment Accelerator
The Diabetes Investment Accelerator (DIA) has been developed by WDF to explore, implement and scale innovative financing mechanisms that support impact investment exclusively in social enterprises addressing the growing burden of diabetes and related NCDs in low- and middle-income countries.
Our mission
Scale up financing for prevention and access to care for diabetes and related NCDs in LMICs.
Our mission
Scale up financing for prevention and access to care for diabetes and related NCDs in LMICs.
The challenges
| 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 have 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 gap to realise the SDGs has risen to >4 trillion USD. | The majority of global capital is not geared towards SDGs. |
How the Diabetes Investment Accelerator works
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.
Our current portfolio
What is impact investment?
Investment criteria
AccessibilityEnhance availability and delivery of care, and availability of opportunities for healthy living and healthy pregnancies. |
AffordabilityProvide affordable options for care and prevention focusing on lower income groups and people living in vulnerable situations. |
QualitySeek opportunities to enhance quality care or preventive measures. |
Scale and sustainabilityPrefer tested models and initiatives, ready to scale or innovative initiatives with a clear ambition and opportunity for scale, including financial sustainability. |
DIA team
| Kirza Buch Kristensen Director, Business Development and Strategy +45 30 77 51 46 kzbk@worlddiabetesfoundation.org |
Anders Bager Senior Project Manager +45 34 44 09 16 gnea@worlddiabetesfoundation.org |
| Cansu Ünalan Project Manager +45 34 44 69 38 cuna@worlddiabetesfoundation.org |
Sara Fernández Stobberup Intern eotu@worlddiabetesfoundation.org |