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Access to health

The diabetes epidemic affects today close to 371 million people according to IDF. It is estimated that within twenty years it will reach 552 million people. Most of these will be in developing countries. This situation calls for a concerted action to improve access to diabetes care in developing countries.

As a world leader in diabetes care, Novo Nordisk wants to ensure that more people with diabetes in developing countries have access to healthcare. The Novo Nordisk strategy for access to diabetes care is founded on our company's vision to defeat diabetes. It aims to improve the conditions for the next generations by protecting the most vulnerable and building partnerships and capacity to confront the diabetes epidemic in least developed countries and emerging economies.

At the UN high-level meeting in New York in September 2011 our new approach to access to health was presented. Click for full version or the executive summary. 

For information about 2012 activities, see Principle 1-2 in our UN Global Compact Communication on Progress (PDF), and our Annual Report 2012, p 12 (PDF).

For information about our programmes related to the access to health agenda, go to our website changingdiabetesaccess.com/.

In addition Novo Nordisk has created the following organisations:

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