About
Georgian Union of Diabetes and Endocrine Associations (previously Georgian Diabetes Federation) is a governmental, non-commercial, non-profit mixed – type organization that unites healthcare professionals, people with diabetes, their carers and lay persons.
The Union was founded in 1990, the founders were physicians, people with diabetes and a nurse. In 1991 it was officially registered. It was established on the basis of the Georgian Diabetes Center (now – National Center for Diabetes Research/NCDR). The Union was the first diabetes association from the former USSR to become an IDF Member.
Vision: All people with diabetes in Georgia should receive insulin and other antidiabetes drugs, tools for self-monitoring, education and care.
Mission: to defend the rights of all people with diabetes in Georgia and provide high quality diabetes care and education.
Today GUDEAS represents interests of 6950 of its members – people with diabetes, physicians, nurses and lay persons. Active work in the field of diabetes was initiated in 1988.
Main Focus
- To unite people – health care professionals, people with diabetes, industry, decision makers
- To improve the quality of life of those living with diabetes in Georgia
- To improve the quality of diabetes care
- To provide free essential treatments and tests to all people with diabetes
- To provide education for people with diabetes
- To train and retrain HCPs in diabetes
- To increase public awareness on diabetes
- To create diabetes platform to fight diabetes and other chronic diseases
Publications & Newsletters
Since 2003, the Union publishes “Diabetes and Health,” a magazine targeted people with diabetes, healthcare professionals and the general public.
Message from the President
“To be a member of IDF gives unique opportunity to exchange skills, knowledge and idea, to get information. When united we are great power that can fight ignorance and burocracy – our mutual enemies“.