A policy brief by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) that provides advocates, healthcare professionals and policymakers with recommendations to advance type 1 diabetes screening and early diagnosis.
In 2024:
- 9.15 million people were living with type 1 diabetes globally.
- 69% (6.3 million) of people with type 1 diabetes are aged 20-59.
- 23% (2.04 million) of people with type 1 diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.
- More than half of the new cases of type 1 diabetes diagnosed occurred in people aged 20 or older.
Type 1 diabetes develops in stages over months or even years before diagnosis. Understanding these stages can help healthcare providers identify people at risk and intervene early.
The IDF-ISPAD policy brief:
- Highlights the impact of type 1 diabetes worldwide.
- Underscores the severity and potentially life-threatening consequences of a late type 1 diabetes diagnosis.
- Showcases the latest techniques to screen and potentially delay the progression of type 1 diabetes.
- Provides policy recommendations to improve screening and early diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.
- Shares lived experiences of living with type 1 diabetes from different regions.
Download the policy brief
Policy brief
Detect early, act early: Improving diagnosis of type 1 diabetes
A joint policy brief with the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) that provides advocates, healthcare professionals and policymakers with recommendations to advance type 1 diabetes screening and early diagnosis.
IDF-ISPAD-Policy Brief-T1D-screening-early-diagnosis-
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