A joint satellite symposium between the International Diabetes Federation and the World Diabetes Foundation which took place on 8 April during the IDF World Diabetes Congress 2025 in Bangkok.
This event shared good practices using country examples of civil society involvement in implementing national diabetes/NCD programmes. The discussion looked at the translation of the Global Diabetes Compact into national workstreams and outline key priorities for the global diabetes community in the run-up to the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs.
The symposium was moderated by Dr Jackie Maalouf (Vice President, IDF and President, DiaLeb) and Mr Bent Lautrup-Nielsen (Head of Global Advocacy, WDF).
Speakers included (in order of intervention):
- Dr Anil Kapur, Chair, WDF Board.
- Dr Guy Fones, Director a.i, Noncommunicable Diseases, Rehabilitation and Disability (NCD), WHO
- Ms Anita Sabidi, IDF Blue Circle Voices member, Indonesia
- Dr Nilufar Ibragimova, Charity Association of Persons with Disabilities and People with Diabetes, Uzbekistan
- Dr Silvia Lapertosa, Commission of Institutional Relations, Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes
- Ms Rachel Nungu, Programme Manager, Tanzania Diabetes Association
- Ms Nurianne Arias, IDF Young Leader in Diabetes Mentor, Aruba
- Prof Abdul Basit, President, Diabetes in Asia Study Group.
- Ms Lucia Feito Allonca, IDF Blue Circle Voices member, Argentina and Spain.
- Ms Osarenkhoe Ethel Chima-Nwogwugwu, IDF Blue Circle Voices member, Nigeria.
- Prof Alicia Jenkins, Chair, IDF Western Pacific Region
