News archive February 2010
IDF president urges bold leadership for NCD prevention
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Global solidarity in a time of crisis: How IDF responded to the disaster in Haiti
As the world watches Haiti grapple with the traumatic impact of the recent earthquake, many wonder how the island nation will rebuild itself and how its citizens will get the help they need.
A calamity like this brings to mind some basic questions. Do survivors have clean water to drink? Do they have food? Shelter?
Donate to help insulin-dependent Sam and thousands like him
When BBC documentary maker Laura McNaught travelled to Nairobi, Kenya to produce a film on diabetes, she had little idea of the lasting impression the experience would leave her with.
Several weeks after the film - titled Bittersweet – aired globally on BBC World, the camera may have stopped rolling, but the wheels are very much in motion to make a difference to one special young man.
IDF awards US$2 million to 9 global diabetes research projects
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has reinforced its support to translational research in diabetes with the second round of its funding programme, BRIDGES (Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems).
Nine new diabetes research projects will be funded for a total of US$2 million over the next three years as part of the translational research grant programme. Read the press release.
United in prevention: IDF supports World Cancer Day
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a global health emergency threatening the lives of hundreds of millions of people. The four NCDs - cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and respiratory disease - are by far the leading causes of mortality in the world, responsible for 35 million deaths a year, 28 million of which occur in low and middle-income countries. Many of these premature deaths are avoidable.