Meet the BCV

The IDF Blue Circle Voices (BCV) network is composed of people living with or affected by diabetes in countries across the seven regions of IDF. Learn more about them by clicking on their pictures below:

Abigail Baaba Boison
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2005 Ghana Read more
Adel Hossam
Carer of grandmother living with type 2 diabetes Egypt Read more
Adelina Garcia González
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2011 Guatemala Read more
Ahmed Raza
Carer for his sister living with type 1 diabetes Pakistan Read more
Aisha Lawal
Carer of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 2006 Nigeria Read more
Alaa Elhaj
Carer of her mother living with type 2 diabetes since 1994 Sudan Read more
Alexandra Costa
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1995 Portugal Read more
Amine Alemdar
Living with type 2 diabetes since 1996 Turkey Read more
Amjad Ali
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2011 Pakistan Read more
Amrinder Malhi
Carer of his father, who had late onset of type 1 diabetes United Kingdom Read more
Amrit Pudasaini
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2014 Nepal Read more
Aniceth Muchunguzi
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2013 Tanzania Read more
Anna Norton
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1993 United States Read more
Anne Ahere Coulibaly
80% of her family live with diabetes Cote D'Ivoire Read more
Anwar Shakir
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2011 Pakistan Read more
Asayile Philip Malanga
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2009 Malawi Read more
Awadallah Alawad
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2001 Sultanate of Oman Read more
Bachir Nasr
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2014, and carer for his mother living with type 2 diabetes since 2017 Lebanon Read more
Barb Wagstaff
Carer of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 2000 Canada Read more
Basem Futa
Living with type 2 diabetes since 1994 Saudi Arabia Read more
Bastian Hauck
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1997 Germany Read more
Bernard Enyia
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2008 Nigeria Read more
Betsy Ray
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1966, and a relative of someone with type 1 diabetes United States Read more
Betsy Rodríguez
Person living with type 1 diabetes since 1991 and mother of a woman with type 1 diabetes since 1992 United States Read more
Bridget McNulty
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2007 South Africa Read more
Brigitte Papayannakis
Person living with type 2 diabetes since 2016 Germany Read more
Bruna Talita Patricio
Bruna Talita Patricio Brazil Read more
Bruno Helman
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2013 Brazil Read more
Carlos Alberto Otero Linares
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2001 Peru Read more
Carol Hendricks
History of gestational diabetes (1983), now living with type 2 diabetes South Africa Read more
Charlie Churchill
Living with LADA since 1989 United Kingdom Read more
Chia-Hung Lin
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1988 Taiwan Read more
Chimezie Anyiam
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2013 Nigeria Read more
Chris Aldred
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1994 United Kingdom Read more
Christine Maalouf
Carer of her father living with type 2 diabetes since 2016, and of her sister living with type 1 diabetes since 2007 Lebanon Read more
Clarissa Solari Grolero
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1982 and diabetes educator at the Asociación de Diabéticos del Uruguay Uruguay Read more
Crystal Johnson
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1991 Canada Read more
Cyrine Farhat
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2007, carer for her father living with type 2 diabetes Lebanon Read more
Delphine Arduini
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1994 France Read more
Doaa Abd Elfattah
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2003 Egypt Read more
Edgar García Márquez
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2006 Mexico Read more
Ehab Ali
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2014 Bahrain Read more
Eileen Ann Pringle
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2007 South Africa Read more
Elise Douglas
Carer of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 2004 United States Read more
Ericka Padilla Abarca
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2017 Costa Rica Read more
Erum Ghafoor
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2005 Pakistan Read more
Estefania Malassisi
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1997 Argentina Read more
Fadlo Fraige Filho
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2008 Brazil Read more
Fathimath Asila Mohamed
Person living with bronze diabetes since 2012 Maldives Read more
Feruza Takhirova
Granddaughter, daughter and niece of people living with type 2 diabetes Uzbekistan Read more
Firmin Kodjo Nouama
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2012 Cote D'Ivoire Read more
Formbuh Deric Nkimbeng
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2004 Cameroon Read more
Francesca Ulivi
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2011 Italy Read more
Françoise Georgel
Carer to son with type 1 diabetes since 2015 Belgium Read more
Gabriel Alejandro Molinero Mayorga
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2013 Ecuador Read more
Gerard Rovira
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2016 Spain Read more
Geraud René Kassi
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2014 Cote D'Ivoire Read more
Gianni Hong
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2008 Taiwan Read more
Glynis Beaton
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1992 Guyana Read more
Gopika Krishnan
History of gestational diabetes India Read more
Gráinne Flynn
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1993 Ireland Read more
Heather Koga
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2013 Zimbabwe Read more
Hyo-Kyung Ryu
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2015 Korea (South) Read more
Ian Castle
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2016 United Kingdom Read more
Jacqueline Van Blerk
History of gestational diabetes and carer of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 2012 New Zealand Read more
Jane Muthoni
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1980 Kenya Read more
Janelle Alexander Dupre
History of gestational diabetes (2012) Saint Lucia Read more
Jérôme Kazabukeye
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2018 Burundi Read more
Jerry Gore
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2001 France Read more
Jimmy Patel
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2017 India Read more
Joshua Emmanuel Uchena
Carer of person living with type 2 diabetes since 2014 Nigeria Read more
Jovan Nikolic
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2017 Montenegro Read more
Juliana Baptista
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1987 Brazil Read more
Julie Seow
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1983 Singapore Read more
Justin Murray
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2019, carer for his mother living with type 1 diabetes Qatar Read more
Kawtar Belkhadir
History of gestational diabetes (2016) Morocco Read more
Kawter Esheenn
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2004 Libya Read more
Kelley Kent
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1993 United States Read more
Kelly Kunik
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1977. Daughter, sister, niece, and cousin of people living with type 1 and 2 diabetes United States Read more
Kenneth Tait
Living with type 2 diabetes since 1999 United Kingdom Read more
Kris Maynard
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1999 United States Read more
Kui Shu
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1977 China Read more
Liliana Tieri
Mother and carer of a person with type 1 diabetes Argentina Read more
Linda Ferns
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2005 South Africa Read more
Lucila Gomes
Carer of her daughter living with type 1 diabetes since 2007 United Arab Emirates Read more
Lucy Johnbosco
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2000 Tanzania Read more
Mahmoud Wahba
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1998 Egypt Read more
Mami Samaniego
Mother of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 1990 Paraguay Read more
Mariana Gómez
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1985 Mexico Read more
Marijke Slaats
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2010 Netherlands Read more
Mário Márcio Ferreira de Barros
Person living with type 1 diabetes since 2006 Brazil Read more
Mario Raúl Jubín Crispieri
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2008 Uruguay Read more
Marwa Abd El-Salam
Person living with type 1 diabetes since 1990 Egypt Read more
Melanie Stephenson
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2001 United Kingdom Read more
Michael Donohoe
Living with type 2 diabetes since 1996 United States Read more
Mila Ferrer
Carer of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 2006 United States Read more
Mmusoothata Mokgalagadi
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2006 South Africa Read more
Mohamed Hamid
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2007 Morocco Read more
Montsheng Botlhoko
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2011 South Africa Read more
Mouna Haraoui
Founder and President of the Chronic Care Center, an NGO focused on treatment of type 1 diabetes in Lebanon Lebanon Read more
Narsimha Raju
Carer of a person with type 2 diabetes India Read more
Niloufar Noushzadi Motlagh
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1999, and carer of a person with diabetes Iran (Islamic Republic of) Read more
Nupur Lalvani
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1996 India Read more
Olanma Joy Iheonunekwu
Person living with type 2 diabetes since 2005 Nigeria Read more
Oren Liebermann
Person living with type 1 diabetes since 2014 Israel Read more
Osarenkhoe Ethel Chima-Nwogwugwu
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2004, previously history of GDM Nigeria Read more
Pablo Cruz da Silva
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2013 Brazil Read more
Parameswari Subramanian
Carer of a person with type 2 diabetes since 2014 India Read more
Parth Guragain
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2010 Nepal Read more
Patricia Gómez Medel
Carer of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 2003 Mexico Read more
Paula Chinchilla Ortega
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1999 Costa Rica Read more
Pei Yan Heng
Living with type 2 diabetes since 1996 Singapore Read more
Perseus Jovan Prospere
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1991 Saint Lucia Read more
Phyllisa Deroze
Living with LADA since 2011 United Arab Emirates Read more
Qi Zhang
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1977 China Read more
Rafael Namias
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1998 United Kingdom Read more
Rakiya Kilgori
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2004 Nigeria Read more
Renza Scibilia
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1998 Australia Read more
Ricky Manchanda
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2001 Thailand Read more
Rita Gago da Câmara
History of gestational diabetes and carer of a person living with type 2 diabetes Portugal Read more
Ritva Ahomäki
Carer of a person living with type 1 diabetes since 2006 Finland Read more
Riva Greenberg
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1972 United States Read more
Rosana de Morais Borges Marques
Carer for her mother living with type 2 diabetes since 1980 Brazil Read more
Roxana Vizcaíno de Jaramillo
Mother of a child living with type 1 diabetes since 2013 Ecuador Read more
Samia Mahmood Hafez Amir
Carer for her father living with type 2 diabetes, history of GDM and presenting signs of pre-diabetes Mauritius Read more
Samuel
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2006 Kenya Read more
Sara Abbasian
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2015 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Read more
Sara Mobaeck
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2003 Sweden Read more
Segufta Dilshad
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1984 Bangladesh Read more
Sérgio Louro
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2007 Portugal Read more
Shakir Manzoor Khan
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2018 Pakistan Read more
Sharda Gurram
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2017 India Read more
Shehu Abdulkadir Musa
Person living with type 2 diabetes since 2007 Nigeria Read more
Sheila Regina de Vasconcellos
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1985 Brazil Read more
Shivani Arora
Carer of a person living with type 2 diabetes India Read more
Sigurjón Lýðsson
Carer and son of a mother living with type 2 diabetes and a father living with type 1 diabetes Iceland Read more
Simbisai Mukombwe
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2019 Zimbabwe Read more
Sina Mobasherfar
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1984, and carer of a person with diabetes Iran (Islamic Republic of) Read more
Stefano Turra
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2000 Italy Read more
Stela Prgomelja
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1976 Serbia Read more
Sumit Sinhal
Carer for his father living with type 2 diabetes since 2017 India Read more
Sunday Olayemi
Living with type 2 diabetes since 1999 Nigeria Read more
Supaluck Chatutavaprasit
Living with type 2 diabetes since 1998 Thailand Read more
Surendra Rathore
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2007 India Read more
Tammie Snowden
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2015 United States Read more
Tannya Stevens
Carer for her daughter living with type 1 diabetes since 2017 Australia Read more
Tunde Famoye
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2013 Nigeria Read more
Vanessa Pirolo Vivancos
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2000 Brazil Read more
Verónica Emilia Tapia Abril
Living with LADA since 2016 Ecuador Read more
Vida Atashi
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1999 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Read more
Weronika Kowalska
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1995 Poland Read more
Wil Dubois
Living with type 1 diabetes since 2003 United States Read more
Willis Kalitera
Living with type 2 diabetes since 2011 Malawi Read more
Yaeko Nakano
Living with type 1 diabetes since 1999 Japan Read more
Yileika Elias Garcia
Carer of her son living with type 1 diabetes and her mother living with type 2 diabetes since 2010 Ecuador Read more

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Meet the BCV

Abigail Baaba Boison

Adel Hossam

Adelina Garcia González

Ahmed Raza

Aisha Lawal

Alaa Elhaj

Alexandra Costa

Amine Alemdar

Amjad Ali

Amrinder Malhi

Amrit Pudasaini

Aniceth Muchunguzi

Anna Norton

Anne Ahere Coulibaly

Anwar Shakir

Asayile Philip Malanga

Awadallah Alawad

Bachir Nasr

Barb Wagstaff

Basem Futa

Bastian Hauck

Bernard Enyia

Betsy Ray

Betsy Rodríguez

Bridget McNulty

Brigitte Papayannakis

Bruna Talita Patricio

Bruno Helman

Carlos Alberto Otero Linares

Carol Hendricks

Charlie Churchill

Chia-Hung Lin

Chimezie Anyiam

Chris Aldred

Christine Maalouf

Clarissa Solari Grolero

Crystal Johnson

Cyrine Farhat

Delphine Arduini

Doaa Abd Elfattah

Edgar García Márquez

Ehab Ali

Eileen Ann Pringle

Elise Douglas

Ericka Padilla Abarca

Erum Ghafoor

Estefania Malassisi

Fadlo Fraige Filho

Fathimath Asila Mohamed

Feruza Takhirova

Firmin Kodjo Nouama

Formbuh Deric Nkimbeng

Francesca Ulivi

Françoise Georgel

Gabriel Alejandro Molinero Mayorga

Gerard Rovira

Geraud René Kassi

Gianni Hong

Glynis Beaton

Gopika Krishnan

Gráinne Flynn

Heather Koga

Hyo-Kyung Ryu

Ian Castle

Jacqueline Van Blerk

Jane Muthoni

Janelle Alexander Dupre

Jérôme Kazabukeye

Jerry Gore

Jimmy Patel

Joshua Emmanuel Uchena

Jovan Nikolic

Juliana Baptista

Julie Seow

Justin Murray

Kawtar Belkhadir

Kawter Esheenn