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Advancing Diabetes Care, Prevention and A Cure Worldwide: Professor Martin Silink
Advancing Diabetes Care, Prevention and A Cure Worldwide: Professor Martin Silink
A Federation of
International Diabetes
Federation
Since 1950
IDF Programs
IDF Clinical Guidelines
IDF Atlas (single congruent data source)
IDF Centres of Diabetes Education
IDF Life for a Child
IDF World Diabetes Congresses
UN World Diabetes Day
Empower, Educate, Energise
(Understand diabetes and take control)
Bottom Up
Advocacy
A United Nations
Resolution on diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic,
debilitating and costly
disease associated with
severe complications
Diabetes poses
challenges to the
achievement of agreed
development goals,
including the MDGs
2025
Qatar
15.2%
16.9%
Bahrain
15.2%
17.0%
UAE
19.5%
21.9%
Saudi
Arabia
15.7%
18.4%
Kuwait
14.4%
16.4%
Oman
13.1%
14.7%
2.9%
3.4%
Yemen
Diabetes Mellitus
A disease in its own right
A risk factor for CVD
Diabetes Complications
Pregnancy complications
Foetal complications
Death
Infections
Amputations
Risk
Blindness
Kidney failure
Neuropathy
Diagnosis
Of
Diabetes
CardioVascular
disease
Blood Glucose
Duration
Diabetes
Type 1
Insulin Deficiency
Type 2
Insulin Resistance
GDM
Every 5 seconds
1 person develops
Facts
diabetes
Every 10 seconds 1 person dies of diabetes
Every 30 seconds a limb is lost to diabetes
Campaignin
Campaigning
g
Kuwait Towers
Q2 Role of Developmental
Assistance in Prevention and
Control
of NCDs
Provide
multisectoral
approach to obesity
Control of tobacco, alcohol, trans-fat,
energy-dense foods, salt, childrens soft
drinks
Support partnerships with accredited NGOs
Provide support for UN Special Session on
NCDs
Promote UNITAID-like approach to make
essential NCD drugs available to all
Support a comprehensive Global Fund for
Health
Thank you