Advancing diabetes care, prevention

and a cure worldwide

Professor Martin Silink

IDF President

A Federation of

203 national diabetes associations, 162

countries, over 2 million members
Voice of diabetes globally (250 million)

International Diabetes
Federation
Since 1950

Associated with the United Nations Department

of Public Information
In official relations with the World Health
Organization and Pan-American Health
Organization
IDF championed the UN Resolution on Diabetes
(UN Resolution 61/225)

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)

The UNR Campaign

Top Down

Bottom Up

The Diabetes World

Advocacy
A United Nations
Resolution on diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic,
debilitating and costly
disease associated with
severe complications

Diabetes poses risks to

families,
member states and
the entire world

Diabetes poses
challenges to the
achievement of agreed
development goals,
including the MDGs

Increasing threat of NCDs

NCDs

Diabetes Prevalence (20-79

yr)
2007

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

IDF Diabetes Atlas- 2006- National prevalence estimates

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

Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating and costly

disease associated with severe complications,
which poses severe risks for families, Member
States and the entire world.
UN Resolution 61/225. World Diabetes Day

Diabetes world has

to be part of the
solution
Not just the problem

Campaignin
Campaigning
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Over 1100 monuments in blue

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Extensive grass roots
participation
More children receiving care
National campaigns to tackle
DKA

Jet dEau - Geneva

European Parliament - Strasbourg

Aspire Tower, Doha

Kuwait Towers

Q1 Role of NGOs in Prevention

and Control of NCDs

Support for the WHO NCD Action Plan

Global and regional networks of champions
NGOs provide the link with the grass roots
Empowering/educating/energizing the
patient as part of treatment team
Providing supporting programs
IDF Atlas for data
IDF Centres of Diabetes Education
IDF Clinical Guidelines

IDF World Diabetes Congress (2011 in

Dubai)

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

Q3 Role of Primary Care in

Prevention and Control of
NCDs
Systems change to Primary Care pivotal
Primary Care needs to be supported by
centres of expertise (diabetes in
pregnancy, children, eye, kidney..)
Integration of vertical programs into
enhanced model of primary care
IDF offers to assist in NCD education,
standard setting and guideline
development

Thank you