Diabetes is one of the most urgent global health challenges of our time, affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide and having a growing impact on quality of life, disability, premature mortality, and healthcare systems. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most serious and underdiagnosed complications of diabetes, significantly increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease, kidney failure, and premature death.
CKD is one of the most serious and underdiagnosed complications of diabetes. IDF reports that diabetes is one of the leading causes of CKD, with up to 40% of people living with diabetes developing CKD. The number of new CKD cases in people with type 2 diabetes increased by 74% between 1990 and 2017.
Although diabetes, cardiovascular disease and kidney disease are closely interconnected, care for these conditions often remains fragmented. For people living with diabetes, navigating multiple complications and healthcare providers can create challenges for risk reduction, early detection and timely management.
The International Diabetes Federation iCaReMe Centres for Integrated Care highlight how multidisciplinary approaches can help connect care across specialties, support earlier intervention, and improve the management of diabetes, CKD, and related complications.
This online event will explore practical strategies to strengthen integrated care for renal complications in diabetes and discuss how the diabetes community can advocate for more coordinated, person-centred health systems that better support people living with diabetes.
Speakers in this webinar will include:
- Salih Hendricks, IDF Blue Circle Voice, South Africa
- Prof Masaomi Nangaku, Past President, International Society of Nephrology
- Dr Bianca Hemmingsen, Medical Officer, WHO NCD Department
