Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The Dhaka Declaration on Faith-Based Diabetes Prevention 2026 presents a shared framework for integrating faith institutions into evidencebased diabetes and noncommunicable disease prevention.Adopted on 6 August 2026 at the International Prevention Summit in Dhaka, it builds on Bangladesh's mosque-based intervention, which reduced incident type 2 diabetes by 42.5% among adults with prediabetes.The Declaration advances five principles: Faith as a force for health, equity and inclusion, health-system integration, evidence and accountability, and global solidarity.It calls for trained religious leaders, standardized health messages, community screening and referral, maternal and preconception health promotion, multisectoral partnerships, and transparent monitoring.Adaptable across faiths and countries, it offers a culturally grounded pathway for equitable, scalable, and sustainable diabetes prevention worldwide.
Authors: Bishwajit Bhowmik, Tasnima Siddiquee, Mohammad A Muhit, Munshi A Al Azad, Peter EH Schwarz, Pravath C Biswas, Muhammad M Baki, Mads H Jensen, Banshi Saboo, Amit Gupta, Abdul Basit, Rajesh Narwal, Farzana A Dorin, Md H Rashid, Syed Z Hossain, Mohammad R Amin, Takahashi Junko, Yumi Okazaki, Rie Ozaki, Sarder MR Islam, Mohammad I Choudhary, Anis Ahmed, Md H Rahman, Rakibul Hasan, Ariful Islam, Faruque Pathan, Faria Afsana, Tareen Ahmed, Feroz Amin, Mohammad A Samad
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W7204855528