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IDF Europe is piloting a new product designed for the persons with diabetes from the European Region: a Diabetes Travel Insurance policy. Please click here for more information regarding this new product.

World Diabetes Day 2011

IDF Europe cellebrated the World Diabetes Day in the Council of Europe on 10 November and in the European Parliament on 15 November. Learn more about this year's message, activities and materials for the campaign here. A special issue of "the european diabetes newsletter" covering the events organized by IDF Europe may be downloaded here.

The third edition of the Policy Puzzle (a study on the status of diabetes related policies and services in all the countries of Europe) is available in pdf and flip page formats. You may download the Press Release here (English, pdf).

IDF Europe is the European chapter of the International Diabetes Federation. According to the IDF Regional Development Plan, “… regions [should] acquire all the resources they need to help the member associations, and develop a strong regional structure, based on collaboration with the member associations”.

IDF Europe includes 65 diabetes organizations from 47 European countries. These organizations work wholeheartedly and advocate for the rights of about 53 million people with diabetes.

The European region has the second largest rate of diabetes prevalence 8.4%. In IDF Europe there are two of the first five countries with the largest number of people with diabetes: Russia and Germany (adding up to 17 million).

The IDF representatives for the European Region are:

President: Chris J Delicata, Malta
Vice-President: João Nabais, Portugal
Regional Manager: Sophie Peresson

Access to the IDF Europe  Intranet

Access to the IDF Europe Forum 2011 FACEBOOK page

 
Latest news Upcoming events
  • 15 December, IDF Europe posts the Call for Applications for its staff exchange programme (English, Russian, .docx)
  • 28 November, The Russian version of "the european diabetes newsletter" No 24+ (the special WDD issue) (Russian, .pdf)
  • 25 January 2012, Brussels, EU Nutrition Platform session on communication
  • 9 February 2012, Brussels, EU Nutrition Platform meeting
  • 17-18 March 2012, Brussels, IDF Europe Board Meeting
Campaigns We support

You can find more about the activities of IDF and the NCD Alliance after the UN Summit on NCDs (click the logo above)

The European Chronic Disease Alliance

Participate in the 2011 WDD Participative Video Campaign. More...

IDF Europe is member of the EY2012 Coalition - European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 led by AGE Platform Europe. We encourage our members to use the EY2012 website to disseminate good practice for the promotion of healthy ageing.

You may find here the newly launched “Manifesto for an age-friendly European Union”, the joint press release of the EY2012 Coalition (English, French) and the EY2012 Coalition Roadmap.

Please learn more about diabetes and influenza. Contribute the a better control of influenza in Europe. Please click on the logo above.

A new documentary ("Influenza - aiming at a moving target") is now available here.