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Global Foundation for Community Health

About GFCH

Mission Statement

The 5-2035 Global Foundation for Community Health (GFCH) is a nonpartisan not-for-profit organization dedicated to help curb CNCD in Mauritius through the 5-2035 vision; as a signature goal, to decrease diabetes prevalence in the country to 5% by year 2035. We will empower communities to work with content experts and the government through our scientific, medical, social, and philanthropic efforts and advocacy. We will enable export of 5-2035 learnings to the world.

 

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.”

Abraham Lincoln

Concordia res parvae crescunt (“In Unity, Strength”).

The 5-2035 Vision

Healthcare is an inalienable right and a collective responsibility. That’s the central thesis behind 5-2035: a comprehensive, multi-sectoral health policy blueprint to cut Type II Diabetes prevalence in Mauritius to 5% by 2035. Our ambition goes beyond diabetes to improve the entire Mauritian healthcare system and quality of life.

1,500CHNPs to be trained
150Community health doctors
1,000Citizens per CHNP

We’ll reach the 5-2035 goal by building grassroots community health into Mauritius’s existing health infrastructure. Human resources are at the heart of the model, supported by a community health development initiative.

Our Mission

The challenge to decrease CNCD-related preventable conditions of type II diabetes, stroke and cardiovascular diseases—and to improve the quality of life of a whole nation—must begin at the point of the heart.

At the center of this innovation: the community health nurse practitioner, supervised by a community health doctor and working alongside a community health cell.

Clinical excellenceEvidence-led care
Community engagementLocal participation
Research & trainingContinuous learning

Core Mechanisms

National unityMake 5-2035 a shared national goal that advances social justice.
SEED-SCALE modelWork with communities to improve health and quality of life.
Investment in human potentialEnable people and institutions to grow with the project.
Public-private partnershipsBring socially conscious partners together to spread the model.
Pragmatism & frugal innovationDeliver practical, resource-conscious solutions that can scale.