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Tackling the global challenge of chronic diseaseOpportunities for mHealth
Dr Petra WilsonCEO, International Diabetes Federation
@IntDiabetesFed
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We have solutions…
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IDF: A VIBRANT FEDERATION
200+ member associations across 160 countries
2 million+ members
7 regional offices
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IDF’s 7 Roles
Advocacy + Campaigning
Evidence
TranslationalResearch
Best Practice Projects
Global Guidelines
Humanitarian Programmes
Convening
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MOVING FORWARD
BRIDGES is an IDF programme supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes
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-Democratic Republic of Congo-Cambodia-Philippines
“In Cambodia 20 million SIM cards were sold in 2012. This is a lot for a population of 14 million”
Cambodian study team
We need to generateconfidence in the
secure sharing & use of personalinformation
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NEW CHALLENGES
Photo: From IDF’s BRIDGES mHealth project in Cambodia
mHealth empowerspeople with diabetes
SUCCESSFUL RESULTS
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NEW OPPORTUNITIES
“We hope this could someday lead to a new way for people with diabetes to manage their disease.”
Brian Otis & Babak Parviz, project co-founders, Google
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THANK YOU
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Scuba divers in the Maldives form an underwater blue circle on World Diabetes Day, November 14