A PARTNERSHIP FOR DRIVING CHANGE

THE CITIES CHANGING DIABETES PROGRAMME HAS THREE INTERCONNECTED ELEMENTS:

Map the challenge to understand the areas of greatest risk and vulnerability and guiding the design of interventions.

Share research findings and action insights through strong partnerships in each city and global knowledge networks and events.

Act in partnership through specific health interventions and policy decisions, based on evidence and experience.

These different elements come together to create impact by supporting city leaders and those who influence health to drive change. The stories in this report show how that is happening in practice in partner cities around the world, and the way that strong partnership and keeping up momentum helps to create and sustain change. Mexico City is building on the experience of health actions and evaluation to now implement the Interinstitutional Commission to drive greater cross-sectoral policy focus. In Copenhagen, the initial research helped to shape a city-wide diabetes strategy which is now leading to new focused interventions in some of its more socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

These stories, and many others in this report, provide the foundation on which the Urban Diabetes Declaration can now build as more cities look to join the programme and, together, the partners work to bend the curve on urban diabetes.