537m adults with diabetes

1 in 10 people are living with diabetes

The mission of the International Diabetes Federation is to improve the lives of people living with diabetes and prevent diabetes in those at risk.

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Advocacy

Through coordinated advocacy at the global level and at the national level through our members, IDF works to effect change for the millions of people living with diabetes.

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Awareness

IDF awareness activities aim to keep diabetes firmly in the public spotlight and promote the importance of coordinated and concerted action to tackle the impact of the condition.

World Diabetes Day Insulin at 100

Education

IDF education initiatives aim to support the development of health professionals and improve understanding of the condition among people living with diabetes.

IDF School of Diabetes Understanding Diabetes

In focus

IDF Virtual Congress 2023

Join us on 4-7 December for four days of high-level virtual sessions on the management and treatment of diabetes complications and the impact of crisis situations on people with diabetes.

IDF 2023

World Diabetes Day

Know your risk, Know your response is the slogan for the World Diabetes Day 2023 campaign, which focuses on the importance of knowing your risk of developing type 2 diabetes and highlighting the need to access the right information and care to manage diabetes-related complications.

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Oral agents and type 2 diabetes

A new free online course for healthcare professionals in the IDF School of Diabetes on the management of type 2 diabetes using oral glucose-lowering agents.

IDF School of Diabetes

IDF Diabetes Atlas

Get the latest epidemiological and diabetes-related impact data through our IDF Diabetes Atlas reports.

Atlas reports

Understanding Diabetes

Improve your understanding of diabetes with one of the free interactive online courses from the IDF School of Diabetes.

Understanding Diabetes

Ride Ukraine 2023

A team of cyclists led by Jerry Gore, a 62-year-old living with type 1 diabetes, is cycling 2,500 kilometres over 25 days from London to Kyiv. Their aim is to raise €100,000 for essential medicines and medical supplies to support people living with diabetes inside Ukraine.

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Support Sudanese people living with diabetes

IDF has joined with our transnational member Direct Relief and its local partners to mobilise and deliver humanitarian aid for people living with diabetes in Sudan and Sudanese refugees in surrounding countries, in the aftermath of the armed conflict that broke out in the country on 15 April. Support our efforts with a donation.

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The voices of people with lived experience of diabetes

Renewing the fight: a call to action on diabetes and chronic kidney disease

A policy brief developed by IDF and the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) to offer healthcare professionals and diabetes advocates recommendations targeted at policymakers for effectively preventing, managing and treating diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD).

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Report

IDF Annual Report 2022

An overview of IDF activities and projects in 2022, including the IDF World Diabetes Congress 2022, new IDF Diabetes Atlas reports and the IDF Centenary of Insulin award.

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