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IDF Press Releases - 2005

World Diabetes Day 2005: Diabetes and Foot Care

14-11  

Salvador, Brazil / ES

21-09  

Brussels, Belgium

11-06   

San Diego, USA

01-06  

Moscow, Russia

12-04   

Yaoundé, Cameroon / FR

12-02  

Chennai, India

19th World Diabetes Congress

16-12  

19th World Diabetes Congress

19ème Congrés mondiale sur le diabète

13-09

Launch of preliminary programme

Programme préliminaire

Programa preliminario 

Other

25-10  

Diabetic foot care shows that investing in early detection and early intervention is cost effective

Experts warn that complications from diabetes epidemic  will cause health budgets to explode in Asia

05-10  

Diabetes deaths to increase dramatically over next ten years

13-09

Global Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes

14-04 

IDF worldwide definition of the Metabolic Syndrome

09-03 

New version of IDF Diabetes e-atlas
 
 
      
                                 
 
 
 
 
  

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