diabetes
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World Diabetes Day
17th October 2020
World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by IDF and the WHO in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes.
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Young leaders mobilise during lockdown in Sri Lanka to deliver life-saving treatment
22nd April 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has not spared Sri Lanka and the government imposed a curfew for the entire country on 20 March 2020. After a week, health facilities experienced a shortage in the supply of essential medicines. NCD Alliance Lanka have mobilised their network to assess the needs and ensure people living with Type 1 diabetes continue to access their life-saving treatment.
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People first: the voices for Universal Health Coverage
05th December 2018
Universal Health Coverage means ensuring that everyone, everywhere, can access essential quality health services without facing financial hardship. With NCDs ravaging households and societies, the need for UHC has never been more urgent.
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World Diabetes Day - Start with the family
13th November 2018
The theme for World Diabetes Day 2018 is The Family and Diabetes. Families have a key role to play in addressing the modifiable risk factors for type 2 diabetes.
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Basic diabetes care shouldn’t depend on luck
14th August 2018
A meeting with an exceptional patient causes one NGO employee to reflect on the importance of access to basic care – and the role of the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs in making it happen.
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We need to speak louder and act for diabetes & other NCDs
10th July 2018
Sheila Vasconcellos is a journalist living with type 1 diabetes in Brazil. Here she writes of how both challenges and opportunities - like being a Bakken Invitation Honoree - have inspired her to be a powerful voice of change for NCDs.