Diabetes
Diabetes is a condition characterised by consistently high blood sugar levels. 589 million people worldwide live with diabetes. It kills one person every nine seconds, and its prevalence is rising particularly rapidly in Africa.
Santé Diabète in action
To develop robust public policies and strengthen healthcare systems in the long term, the NGO is working alongside all its partners to improve diabetes prevention and ensure high-quality care.
Resources Centre
Santé Diabète develops and evaluates approaches tailored to local contexts to improve the prevention and management of diabetes. Its resources centre compiles and makes available publications, tools, training materials and educational resources drawn from this experience.
In the news
Santé Diabète is turning 25 years of practical experience into resources accessible to all through its new resources centre
The NGO Santé Diabète is launching the French-language version of its Resources Centre, an open-access platform bringing together resources drawn from 25 years of work in the prevention and management of diabetes in Africa.
Santé Diabète NGO releases its 2025 Annual Report: a year of impact, innovation, and commitment
Against the backdrop of a complex global context characterised by numerous uncertainties, the NGO Santé Diabète remained steadfastly committed to its work on the ground throughout 2025.
Nutrition and type 2 diabetes in Africa: new training modules now available for diabetes referral teams
In 2025, Santé Diabète, in partnership with the University of Montreal and Professor Malek Batal’s team, began work on updating its nutrition training modules to adapt them to the circumstances in Mali, Burkina Faso and the Union of the Comoros. Approved in 2026 and accompanied by training for focal points in each country, this content is now being rolled out to healthcare professionals to strengthen nutritional management of type 2 diabetes.
