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Care, education, protection – the Associação Protectora dos Diabéticos de Portugal goes from strength to strength

Submitted by valerie.eijrond on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 15:14

The portuguese diabetes Association is the world’s oldest diabetes association and a senior member Association of the International diabetes federation. From the moment it was founded, early in the 20th century, to the present day, the Associação has been driven by a single overarching objective: to improve the quality of life of people with diabetes. Involved nationally in diabetes advocacy and the provision of education, as well as the delivery of care, Apdp has become a key player in the healthcare arena in portugal and its activities reach many thousands of people with diabetes.

Taking IDF into the 21st century – what got us here will not get us there!

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 14:52
We all know those maps in shopping malls that say “You Are Here.” They exist to orient us in unfamiliar territory, tell us where we are, where we want to go and how to get there. Organizations need guidance too. Like people, they do not have a built-in GPS system to help them take the right strategic direction every time. Sometimes, they have been going in a particular direction for some time without realizing they might have taken the wrong turn somewhere. Even the ones that seem successful on the outside may well struggle on the inside.

Tackling NCDs: a catalyst to strengthen country health systems – an interview with Badara Samb

Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 14:47
In an exclusive interview with Diabetes Voice, Badara Samb, the World Health Organization’s Coordinator for Health Systems Strengthening, tells us why NCD programmes have remained at the bottom of the agenda for global health development and outlines the factors that limit countries' capacity to implement proven strategies for chronic diseases. Professor Samb is an experienced epidemiologist and public health physician, who started working with UNICEF early in his career, and later undertook research at INSERM and work with the UN on AIDS.

This is your IDF - looking back, moving forward

Submitted by admin on Mon, 07/05/2010 - 16:05
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has led the global diabetes community for 60 years. Founded in Amsterdam, Holland, on 23 September 1950, IDF spent some years in London, UK, before setting up headquarters at its current location in Brussels, Belgium. It has developed into an umbrella organization of around 200 national diabetes associations, representing the interests of the increasing number of people with diabetes and those at risk.

A multidisciplinary effort to improve the quality of chronic disease care

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 14:47

Although chronic diseases are leading causes of death and disability, they are neglected elements of the global health agenda. Of all deaths worldwide in 2005, 60% were caused by chronic diseases – principally cardiovascular diseases and diabetes (32%), cancer (13%), and chronic respiratory diseases (7%). Because the increase in chronic diseases is underappreciated, and their economic impact underestimated, many countries take little interest in their prevention, and leave the responsibility for management to individuals.


Can NGOs and INGOs be public health policy entrepreneurs?

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/01/2009 - 14:13

At the global level, a defining feature of what is now called ‘global health governance’ is the extension of the role of policy actor beyond national governments and international agencies to include public/private partnerships, private foundations, international NGOs, as well as the private sector.


IDF and Rotary - reaching out to fight diabetes from the grassroots

Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/27/2009 - 11:23

IDF is an organization of associations in over 160 countries around the world. As such, it is organized from the ground up. Local associations deliver the programmes of the Federation. While offering counsel and advice as well as access to best practices, IDF seeks to empower the local association. Rotary International is a similar organization. The world’s largest and oldest service club, it has over 1.2 million members in more than 33,000 clubs in 160 countries.


The great awakening

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 14:15
President's editorial

The St Vincent Declaration 20 years on - defeating diabetes in the 21st century

Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 11:58
One of the founders of the St Vincent movement, Michiel Krans, recently described the transformation in widely held perceptions of the role of people with diabetes during the years preceding the St Vincent Declaration in 1989.

Diabetes UK after 75 years - the way forward for a lasting association

Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/17/2009 - 11:54
Diabetes UK has come a long way. Since its humble beginnings in London in the early 20th century, when a handful of people with diabetes and medical professionals met in HG Wells’ London apartment, Diabetes UK has grown into a countrywide organization that is active in a range of fields, including advocacy for the rights of people with diabetes, scientific research, and public awareness-raising. In 2009, Diabetes UK, a key member association of the International Diabetes Federation, will celebrate its 75th anniversary at a national conference in Glasgow, UK.

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