About
Founded in 1998 and located in Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul), the Instituto da Criança com Diabetes (ICD) provides free services to more than 5,000 children and young people with type 1 diabetes.
ICD’s work is focused on preventing complications resulting from diabetes through education, access to treatment, new technologies and extensive social assistance for family members and/or carers, who also need to be involved in their child’s treatment. Interdisciplinary care is provided by a team of endocrinologists, nephrologists, ophthalmologists, psychiatrists, nurses, nutritionists, psychologists, dentists, social workers and physical educators.
Main Focus
Every day, ICD’s interdisciplinary team addresses the various aspects of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of complications of type 1 diabetes for those affected, their families and carers, in outpatient consultations and at the Day Hospital.
Throughout the year, people with type 1 diabetes receive guidance on:
- Hipoglycaemia
- Oral health
- Insulin administration
- Diet and carbohydrate content
- Diabetes in school, at work and in special circumstances
- Insulin pump therapy
- Myths and misconceptions about type 1 diabetes
- New technologies and treatments
- Self-monitoring
- How to deal with diabetes when you have other conditions
- DKA
- The importance of physical activity
- >The mental health impact of type 1 diabetes
The aim is to increase knowledge about the condition and help those concerned to better follow their treatment plans.
ICD also offers a Compact Type 1 Diabetes Education Programme, consisting of 14 video lessons recorded by the ICD medical and technical team. The programme aims to bring type 1 diabetes education to places where there are no diabetes education programmes.