Category Archives: Unite for Diabetes
Global Changing Diabetes Leadership Forum: Youth Report from Anja Nielson
Anja Nielsen is a 22 year-old Danish student of Molecular Biomedicine at the University of Copenhagen. A long time diabetes advocate, Anja was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 14, in June 1999. Anja considers herself lucky … Continue reading
Break the silence
Break the Silence is a short film about diabetes seen from the perspectives of 25 IDF Youth Ambassadors from around the globe. The video was filmed in December 2006 during the IDF Diabetes Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The … Continue reading
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Have we found our celebrity?
Part of the difficulty in gaining media coverage and donor support for diabetes and other non-communicable diseases is that the issues are out of the spotlight; we have no “celebrity” endorsement. This may have changed. According to Novo Nordisk’s website: … Continue reading
The Resolution has passed!
The United Nations General Assembly has today passed a landmark Resolution recognizing the global threat of the diabetes epidemic. For the first time, governments have acknowledged that a non-infectious disease poses as serious a threat to world health as infectious … Continue reading
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Diabetes Breakthrough in Toronto
85 years ago, insulin was discovered by Charles Banting and Charles Best in Toronto, and now it seems the Canadian city has made another great stride in diabetes research: Diabetes Breakthrough
Filed under Type 1 Diabetes, Unite for Diabetes
Report from Cape Town
Day 1, December 4: Today was an exciting and energetic day at the Changing Diabetes village, with Table Mountain as a perfect backdrop. The day began with a press conference with CEO Lars Rebien Sørensen, who spoke about the … Continue reading
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IDF 2006: Cape Town
Next week, from December 3 – 7, the International Diabetes Federation’s 19th World Diabetes Congress will convene in Cape Town, South Africa. According to the IDF website, the event will attract the highest level of international expertise in diabetes, provide … Continue reading
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Interview with Tommy Hutchinson, Youth Program Director at the Oxford Health Alliance
Sweet Resolution recently interviewed Tommy Hutchinson, the youth program director for the Oxford Health Alliance and director of Equator Media Limited. In these roles, Tommy and colleague Eddie McCaffrey recently created and launched 3four50.com, an open online space for health … Continue reading
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Diabetes Supplement in The London Times
In support of World Diabetes Day on November 14, The London Times published a diabetes supplement, sponsored by Novo Nordisk. Click the link below to see it: World Diabetes Day: Diabetes Supplement
November 14 is World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on 14 November. The date commemorates the birthday of Frederick Banting, who, along with Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921. In almost every country of the world, diabetes … Continue reading
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