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Azerbaijan hosts ISPAD workshop on diabetes in children

Submitted by Lorenzo.Piemonte on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 10:00

The Endocrine Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan - – Life for a Child’s partner centre in the country - recently hosted a workshop run by the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and facilitated by the IDF Life for a Child Programme.

MDGs: 1000 days to give a 1000%

Submitted by iwoube on Thu, 04/04/2013 - 17:00

April 5, 2013, marks the 1000-day milestone towards the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs are the most successful global anti-poverty push in history and comprise of 8 concrete goals aimed at eradicating extreme poverty and deprivation.

To date significant progress has been made across many of the MDGs. However, global trends have created challenges to reaching these goals.

Send us your data for the 6th edition IDF Diabetes Atlas!

Submitted by leonor.guariguata on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 11:40

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is looking for new sources of diabetes prevalence data to include in the 6th edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas.

IDF uses diabetes prevalence data from a variety of sources in its prevalence model to generate country and global estimates of diabetes prevalence. The model uses data stratified by age, sex, and setting (rural or urban) where appropriate and presented for at least three age groups.

Join the Pin a Personality campaign!

Submitted by Lorenzo.Piemonte on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 16:23

The Pin a Personality campaign was launched in 2012 to help the blue circle become the universally recognised symbol for diabetes awareness. The concept is simple: identify a personality or well-know individual in your community and get them to wear the blue circle pin to show their support for diabetes awareness. Take a picture and share it with us!

The Diabetes Society of Maldives awarded by WHO

Submitted by mariehelene.cha... on Mon, 03/25/2013 - 17:17

The Executive Board of the World Health Organisation awarded the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health 2013 to the Diabetes Society of Maldives for their outstanding contribution in the field of public health.

Seven years of Twitter: How is it impacting diabetes care?

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Thu, 03/21/2013 - 14:52

Today marks the seventh anniversary of social media giant Twitter. In this quarter's edition of Diabetes Voice, Brazilian Young Leader, Claudia Labate, gives us the lowdown on how social media is influencing diabetes care and self-management.

Read the Diabetes Voice article

Oral health is a vital component for wellbeing

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 13:45

Today on World Oral Health Day, IDF calls for oral healthcare to be given the same degree of attention as other types of healthcare.

Growing evidence demonstrates the relationship between periodontal disease and diabetes and affirms the principle that proper oral health is necessary for good general health; meaning oral health is a vital component of everyone’s wellbeing.

Apply for the 2013 Youth Leadership Camp!

Submitted by gbassetto on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 10:48

If want to meet other young people living with diabetes from all over Europe, share and learn from each other and discover more about the work of IDF Europe, then the Youth Leadership Camp is for you!

To build up on the success of the initiative, IDF Europe will organize the 3rd edition of its Youth Leadership Camp from 22 to 28 July 2013 in Tirrenia, Italy.

Blue Circle Champion on USA's Today Show

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 13:55

Charlie Kimball, IDF's latest Blue Circle Champion and Indy Car racer, featured on USA's flagship morning TV show the Today Show.

Western Pacific Action Plan launched

Submitted by sara.webber@idf.org on Fri, 03/15/2013 - 12:24

The Western Pacific Diabetes Declaration Action Plan 2012-2015 was launched on Wednesday by Richard Marles, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs. The launch event, held at Parliament House, was hosted by Diabetes Australia and attended by Professor Nam Cho, Chair of IDF’s Western Pacific Region, amongst others.

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