Awareness and education
Improve understanding, encourage early diagnosis and share practical, accessible diabetes information.
Campaigns · Health talks · Treatment literacyOur work
Where collective action becomes change
We connect public understanding, community support, evidence, advocacy and partnership—so progress in one area strengthens the others.
01Awareness and education
02Community support
03Monitoring, evidence and learning
04Advocacy and partnerships
One connected framework
Four work areas. One shared purpose.
Each area has a distinct role. Together they help turn community priorities and trusted evidence into practical action and lasting change.
Community support
Strengthen peer and practical support for people living with diabetes, families and communities.
Peer support · Local action · MobilisationMonitoring, evidence and learning
Use lived experience, programme learning and trusted evidence to identify gaps and improve services.
Community feedback · Service monitoring · LearningAdvocacy and partnerships
Mobilise people and institutions around policy, financing, accountability and health-system change.
Policy action · Coalitions · Strategic partnerships
Lived experience in action
People living with diabetes shape the work
Lived experience is not added at the end. It helps define the problem, guide priorities and test whether action is making a meaningful difference.
Listen
Start with the priorities and everyday realities of people living with diabetes.
Learn
Bring community insight together with programme learning and trusted evidence.
Act
Turn shared priorities into public education, partnerships and policy action.
Account
Make commitments visible and keep attention on measurable progress.
Current work and flagship platforms
Shared priorities, visible action
Our current public work combines time-bound campaigns with long-term platforms for education, convening, advocacy and accountability.
Partner to PartnerSupported by
World Diabetes Foundation · Partner2Partner
Civil Society Networking for Diabetes Action
This project strengthens the collective voice of diabetes civil society and builds practical bridges between community priorities and provincial and national health processes.
- Project
- P2P26-01
- Reach
- National + provincial
- Final milestone
- Mpumalanga · 2027
CurrentNational campaign
World Diabetes Day 2026
A public platform bringing awareness, screening, community voices and national accountability together under one urgent message: diabetes is a crisis.
Explore the campaign
OngoingAdvocacy platform
Johannesburg Declaration
A shared platform for stronger policy, financing, data, access and accountability—keeping diabetes visible as a national priority throughout the year.
Explore the Declaration
EstablishedFlagship convening
Diabetes Summit
The Alliance’s flagship convening brings lived experience, civil society, government, healthcare, research and partners into one shared space for action.
Discover the Summit journey4 Bs4 Cs
Available nowPublic education
Living with Diabetes
An interactive guide to understanding diabetes, everyday care, routine checks, urgent help, emotional wellbeing and living confidently without stigma.
Open Living with DiabetesCollective motion needs participation