The Diabetes Compass was started in 2021 to develop free and simple digital solutions for diabetes tailored to the real needs of local communities and healthcare systems challenged by scarce resources and vulnerabilities along the care pathway.
About the Diabetes Compass
The Diabetes Compass is guided by the nine 'Principles for Digital Development' focusing on four key principles:
Using a needs-based innovation approach to ensure our solutions address specific challenges, starting with a deep understanding of needs
Innovate
Co-creation is a core value of the Diabetes Compass project, and a strong ecosystem of partners is key to our success
Co-create
Ensuring strong national ownership by working closely with key local stakeholders
Anchor locally
Reusing and improving existing systems and resources, including working with locally owned products
Reuse and improve
Country partners
Our country partners are crucial for driving the development and implementation of digital health solutions in each of the launch countries. They offer important insights into national health systems and technical expertise, ensuring solutions are tailored to local contexts and needs.
We have partners among ministries of health, diabetes associations, educational institutions and others in Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Malawi.
The Diabetes Compass makes partnerships central to all our activities.