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Global perspectives on diabetes
Global perspectives on diabetes

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Global perspectives on diabetes

Welcome to Diabetes Voice, the online magazine of the International Diabetes Federation. We provide in-depth coverage of current and future trends in health policy, diabetes care and management, health economics, research, and living with diabetes.

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Getting real with Anthony Anderson

American actor, Anthony Anderson is at the top of his game right now. Anthony is the star of the hit comedy-drama Black*ish with Tracee Ellis Ross, Anthony’s on-screen wife and featuring Laurence Fishburne as his father.

The series story-line follows Anthony’s ‘family man’ character Andre (aka Dre) Johnson as he navigates a life where being black, successful, and too easily assimilated into current culture may have some drawbacks.

The show is seriously funny but recently, Black* ish turned to more serious episode topics including diabetes, a very important issue for the actor. You see, Anthony was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2002.

Diabetes Voice got a chance to speak with Anthony from his hotel in Chicago (where he’s busy filming a new movie) to talk about his journey with diabetes and why he’s such a serious advocate. Go to the interview.

News in brief
Refaat in refugee camp Lebanon
Leave no one behind – IDF initiative to improve diabetes care in humanitarian settings

IDF estimates that four million people living with diabetes are forcibly displaced as a result of man-made and natural disasters. In these difficult circumstances, people with diabetes often struggle to manage their condition and are at increased risk of disability and early death.

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Advocating for diabetes

Hypoglycaemia presents a huge psychological burden for people with diabetes

Hypo-RESOLVE to investigate hypoglycaemia and impact on diabetes

International consortium aims to provide evidence-based classification of hypoglycaemia to achieve better treatments for people living with diabetes.

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Living with diabetes
Amie Green and her daughter Layla

“Diabetes has given us a new perspective on life that many people don’t get.”

Delicate balance: parenting Layla and managing life with type 1 diabetes

Layla Green was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 17 months. It was a hard journey getting to her diagnosis. Layla’s paediatric healthcare team did not know what was wrong and Layla was misdiagnosed three times before the diabetes diagnosis was confirmed. Layla is now an enthusiastic, funny and smart seven year-old who gets what her daily diabetes management is all about. Diabetes Voice spoke to her mother Amie about parenting a child with type 1 diabetes and how life has taken on new meaning for the entire family.

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Diabetes Profiles
Appleton
Art and diabetes: “Appleton was here”

Appleton has a mission: to raise awareness of type 1 diabetes through his art, both on the street and in the studio. Diabetes Voice had a chance to visit his Chelsea studio for a brief chat.

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  • Cover of the IDF Diabetes Atlas
    News in brief
    Call for data for the IDF Diabetes Atlas 9th Edition 2019
    The International Diabetes Federation is looking for new data sources of diabetes prevalence to include in the IDF Diabetes Atlas 9th Edition, to be published on 14 November 2019.
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  • Taking Diabetes to Heart promotional visual
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    Over 12,000 people with type 2 diabetes take diabetes to heart
    Data collection for Taking Diabetes to Heart – the International Diabetes Federation’s multi-country study on awareness of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among people with type 2 diabetes came to a close on May 31, 2018.
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  • Child monitoring blood glucose
    News in brief,South and Central America
    Improving blood glucose meter accuracy in Brazil
    Until early 2018, Brazil did not have a regulatory instrument that required standardization of blood glucose meter accuracy. A new standard has been published.
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  • IDF panel discussion at 71st WHA
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    IDF leads action for nutrition education at 71st World Health Assembly
    At the 71st World Health Assembly in Geneva in May, IDF presented a multi-stakeholder panel discussion “Nutrition education and IDF action to tackle obesity and prevent diabetes.”
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