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20/12/2023

Cities Changing Diabetes 2023 in review

2023 has been an inspiring twelve months of action from across the Cities Changing Diabetes network. Activity with our local partnerships took new forms and built on existing strengths in chronic disease prevention. Actions this year have centred on supporting healthy diets and physical activity in cities. To support and drive these priority agendas Cities Changing Diabetes has developed guides and reports, supported pilot projects and action, and shared network knowledge in global and local communities.

16/11/2023

Advancing NCD prevention: CCD and Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation host masterclass on outcome-based financing

“What we do to our bodies, we do to the earth” – Elder in Residence at Raven Impact Foundation, Wendy Phillips. With these words, the second Outcomes-based funding Masterclass kicked off in Ottawa, Canada. On November 13 and 14, Cities Changing Diabetes, Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation and Dalberg explored how Outcome-Based Funding can help advance investments in initiatives preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The masterclass had a specific focus on indigenous communities as the burden of diabetes and other NCDs is particularly high in these communities

05/10/2023

Unlocking Health Investments through Outcome-Based Financing: A Path to a Healthier Future

On October 4th and 5th, leaders convened in Copenhagen for the GIIN Impact Forum, a platform dedicated to exploring impactful investments. While discussions mostly revolved around themes like climate, the blue economy, and agriculture, there is a critical area that deserves more of our attention: health. Astonishingly, only 7% of global impact investments are directed towards health, according to the Global Impact Investment Network’s 2020 Investor Survey. However, the health sector offers lucrative investment opportunities with substantial social impact and financial returns.

02/10/2023

Cities Changing Diabetes partners take centre-stage at Stockholm embassy event

The value of cross-cutting partnerships to achieve joint aspirations topped the agenda at an event hosted by the Danish Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, in October. Kerstin Tham, Vice Chancellor of Malmö University and member of the Cities Changing Diabetes Malmö steering group spoke about how to innovate care and primary prevention to meet the challenges of an ageing population and more people living with chronic disease.

02/10/2023

Driving change for healthy cities in Bayreuth, Germany

Our energetic partners in Germany continue to find new ways of reaching more communities and have brought a new city health project to life in Bayreuth, a small Bavarian city in Germany. Earlier this year, Bayreuth Mayor Thomas Ebersberger and the District Administrator, Florian Wiedemann, signed the Urban Diabetes Declaration and lent their support to a campaign concept called “Driving Change for Healthy Cities”. Our partners grew this idea into a city health event at the main town square.

02/10/2023

Tingbjerg Changing Diabetes impresses judging panel and scoops award for Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen

We are thrilled to share the news that the Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, a founding partner of Cities Changing Diabetes, recently won the Danish Diabetes Association’s Action Award for its Integrated Diabetes Intervention (IDIT) in the district of Tingbjerg.

02/10/2023

Wednesday's have a new healthy beat in Copenhagen

A new weekly event with health, well-being and community at its heart has launched in Copenhagen, and it is open to everyone every Wednesday night through the autumn season.

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