Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 14:21
The UN often comes under fire for not having achieved the twin goals of every Miss World contestant - world peace and the eradication of poverty. I say we just haven't achieved them yet. But let's never lose sight of the big goals and let’s never lose sight of the UN System's unique role in setting global standards and visioning major global threats and opportunities coming over the horizon.
Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Fri, 04/06/2012 - 12:33
April 7 marks the WHO World Health Day with a focus on healthy ageing.
On April 3, Jean Claude Mbanya, President of IDF addressed the World Health Day Forum, in Melbourne, on the opportunities and challenges facing our ageing population.
"We are now living in what has been heralded ‘the century of ageing’, with life expectancy soaring worldwide.
In 1950, when IDF was founded, the average life expectancy was 48 years old. Today, it reaches nearly 70.
Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 15:21
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has confirmed that discussions on a successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire in 2015, will involve a global thematic consultation on health, covering MDGs 4, 5, 6 and NCDs.
Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 14:56
Six months ago, all Member States made important commitments to diabetes and NCDs at September’s UN High-Level Summit on NCDs. Now, the World Health Organization (WHO) is leading an official process to develop a set of global diabetes and NCD targets which were called for in the Summit Political Declaration.
Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Fri, 03/23/2012 - 10:22
Six months on, the impact and political momentum of the UN High-level Summit on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) is becoming clearer. Diabetes and NCDs are now taking the spotlight at key political meetings and are featuring in resolutions and declarations.
Submitted by valerie.eijrond on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 11:35
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Submitted by mariehelene.cha... on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 17:07
Helen McGuire, Senior Diabetes Education and Health Systems Specialist at the International Diabetes Federation explains how the IDF Centres of Education can contribute to the development of the global health workforce for diabetes.
To read the article, in this month's Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (DRCP) please click here
Six months on, the impact and political momentum of the UN High-level Summit on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) is becoming clearer. Diabetes and NCDs are now taking the spotlight at key political meetings and are featuring in resolutions and declarations.
The European Parliament yesterday (March 14) signed a decisive agreement to develop an EU-wide strategy to counteract the diabetes pandemic.