About
The Diabetes Foundation of St. Maarten (DFS) is a non-profit organisation established with the aims of creating awareness of diabetes among the general population.
Main Focus
Prevention and awareness.
Activities
Every Saturday the DFS can be found at a location on the island offering free glucose and blood pressure testing to the public. On occasions cholesterol check-up is also offered for a small fee.
In offering free testing to the public, DFS hopes to find people with pre-diabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, or uncontrolled diabetes so that these persons can be referred to their general practitioner for further testing, therapy and guidance.
The DFS has two big events annually; the Diabetes Fair in the month of June and a walk-a-thon in the month of November to mark World Diabetes Day.