Activities
In this section of the website you can read and download information on the work carried out by the various Task Forces, Consultative Sections, and Working Groups set up by the International Diabetes Federation to promote diabetes care and prevention worldwide:
- BRIDGES - IDF grant programme funding translational research projects in diabetes prevention and treatment.
- Diabetes Atlas - a unique resource on diabetes for a wide range of audiences.
- IDF Consultative Section on Diabetes Education (DECS) - established to identify and address issues relating to diabetes education and care at the international level.
- IDF/Rotary Caribbean Diabetic Foot Programme - improving diabetes foot care in the developing world.
- IDF Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines
- IDF Task Force on Insulin and Other Essential Medicines and Technologies - working to improve access to insulin and diabetes supplies in the many countries where this is lacking.
- IDF Life for a Child Program - helping children with diabetes in developing countries.
- IDF worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome - developed during a unique consensus workshop held on behalf of the IDF Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention.
- TIDES - Towards Improvement in Diabetes in Emergency Settings - addressing the needs of people with diabetes in times of emergency.
- Definition and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus and Intermediate Hyperglycaemia - updated guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
