IDF appoints Special Ambassador for the Rights of People with Diabetes
Diabetes facts
Diabetes is a chronic disease that arises when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.
At present there is no cure for diabetes.
The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 285 million people around the world have diabetes. This total is expected to rise to 438 million within 20 years. Each year a further 7 million people develop diabetes.
IDF Alerts
- 15 January 2010 - Launch of D-START
- 1 June 2010 - 3rd round of funding for BRIDGES opens.
Events
subscribe10th Annual Rachmiel Levine Diabetes and Obesity Symposium
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, CA, USA
14 March 2010 - 17 March 2010
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