IDF STAND PRESENTATIONS AT IDF 2017 The following presentations on IDF activities will be given at the IDF Stand (P10) in the Exhibition (Hall 10) at the IDF Congress 2017 from 5 to 8 December. TUESDAY 5 DECEMBER 10:00-11:00 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE IDF EUROPE REGION 11:30-12:00 DIABETES VOICE Diabetes Voice is the quarterly magazine of IDF. It covers the latest developments in diabetes care, education, prevention, research, health policy and economics, as well as themes related to living with diabetes. Diabetes Voice goes to the heart of issues that are crucial to all those who can further the promotion of diabetes care, prevention, and a cure worldwide. More information: www.diabetesvoice.org 14:00-14:30 BLUE CIRCLE VOICES – REPRESENTING THE GLOBAL VOICE OF DIABETES Blue Circle Voices (BCV) is an IDF initiative that aims to represent the interests of people of all ages living with or affected by diabetes, through a worldwide network of members and other stakeholders. Consulting with BCVs will help foster better understanding of the issues and challenges that people with diabetes encounter in our world today to inform the strategies necessary to meet the varying needs of people with diabetes worldwide. More information: https://www.idf.org/our-network/blue-circle-voices.html
13:00-14.00 EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN THE IDF MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION 14:30-15:00 CALL TO ACTION FOR UN HLM 2018 Ahead of the UN High Level Meeting on NCDs which will take place around September 2018, IDF has launched a call to action to ask governments to honour their existing commitments to ensure that 2025 and 2030 targets on diabetes are met. To support the campaign, IDF has released an advocacy toolkit, designed to provide its Members and other stakeholders, with the tools to demand stronger action in the years to come. More information: https://www.idf.org/our-activities/advocacy- awareness/resources-and-tools.html 16:00-16:30 IDF DIABETES ATLAS – INSTANT ATLAS WORKSHOP The IDF Diabetes Atlas is the authoritative source of evidence on the burden of diabetes for health professionals, academics and policy-makers. Global, regional and national estimates are produced every two years for prevalence of diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), undiagnosed diabetes, mortality, healthcare expenditure, gestational diabetes (GDM), and type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents. More information and free digital download of the IDF Diabetes Atlas 8 th Edition: www.diabetesatlas.org WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER 10:00-11:00 ACTIVITIES IN THE IDF SOUTH EAST ASIA REGION
12:00-12:30 IDF SCHOOL OF DIABETES IDF’s online school is a one-stop portal that gives access to up-to-date, evidence-based information on all aspects of diabetes care, management and prevention, developed and reviewed by world-leading specialists. Features include online certificate courses, short courses, discussion forums, opinion polls and lecture videos on diabetes, expert opinions, and daily news updates. IDF certified courses include curricula for diabetes educators, primary care physicians/general practitioners and specialists. The IDF D-NET platform is also integrated within the IDF School of Diabetes. More information: www.idfdiabeteschool.org 13.00-13.30 KIDS AND DIABETES IN SCHOOLS (KIDS) The Kids and Diabetes in Schools (KiDS) project is designed to support the rights of children with diabetes, to ensure school days are happy days by encouraging healthy behaviour among school-aged children. It was co-developed by IDF and the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and Sanofi. The aim of KiDS is to increase awareness of the needs of children with diabetes in schools, to ensure school staff is appropriately trained in supporting children with diabetes and to counter discrimination against them. The KiDS information pack is available in ten languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, English-India, French, Greek, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish) on the IDF website. An app in eight languages is also available for tablets. Currently, 34 countries are engaged with the KiDS project. More information: http://kids.idf.org 14.30-15.00 IDF DIABETES ATLAS – INSTANT ATLAS WORKSHOP 15.30-16.30 ACTIVITIES IN THE IDF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA REGION THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER 09:30-10.30 TAKING DIABETES TO HEART
Taking Diabetes to Heart is a multi-country study, developed by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in partnership with Novo Nordisk, focused on CVD risk awareness and knowledge among people living with type 2 diabetes. Results from the survey will be used to inform policy and decision-making around this common and serious complication of diabetes. More information: www.idf.org/takingdiabetes2heart 12:00-13:00 IDF SCHOOL OF DIABETES 14:00-15:00 IDF DIABETES ATLAS – Q&A SESSION
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