NutritionIDF To Host Clinical And Educational Workshops On Diabetes For Health And Government Officials In Latin America
The International
Diabetes Federation (IDF) will host workshops in Buenos Aires,
Argentina from June 11-14, focused on clinical diabetes guideline
implementation and diabetes education for health ministries, diabetes
associations and healthcare professionals throughout its South and
Central American Region (SACA).
The Federation is the leading global advocate for diabetes and in
2006 led a successful campaign which resulted in a United Nations
Resolution on diabetes. According to IDF, over 250 million people
worldwide live with diabetes and seven million people develop type 2
diabetes each year. Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions and
governments must act now to prevent type 2 diabetes and to improve
care for the millions of people with the disease. The Resolution
calls on all governments to develop national policies to address the
prevention, care and treatment of diabetes.
"The IDF workshops in South and Central America are designed to
assist governments and healthcare professionals implement the goals
of the UN Resolution on diabetes," said Marg McGill, IDF Senior
Vice-President and Chair of the IDF Consultative Section on Diabetes
Education. "We want to work with health ministries and individuals to
assist them in implementing the latest advancements and standards in
diabetes clinical care and education at a level sustainable with
their healthcare systems."
Through its publications, IDF provides res and tools for
healthcare professionals and governments to improve their efforts to
manage diabetes. The two global res these workshops draw on are
the IDF Global Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes (2005) which will be
updated and released at IDF"s 20th World Diabetes Congress in
Montreal in October and the IDF International Curriculum for Diabetes
Health Professionals (2008). The workshops are a joint effort by
IDF"s Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and its Consultative
Section on Diabetes Education.
The IDF Clinical Guideline Implementation workshop will be held on
June 11, 2009 and the IDF Multidisciplinary Health Professionals
Education Programme will be held June 12-14, 2009 at the Four Seasons
Hotel Buenos Aires. The Clinical Guideline Implementation Workshop
aims to bring together local and regional key opinion leaders who are
crucial in driving the development and implementation of diabetes
clinical guidelines into clinical practice. The Education Workshop is
designed for nurses, dieticians, doctors and other associated health
professionals currently working in a diabetes clinical setting who
have a keen interest in furthering their knowledge and skills in this
area thus to impact on the quality of care provided with people
living with diabetes. Attendance at the Education Workshop is open to
IDF Member Associations in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The workshops will
be conducted in English and Spanish by experienced international and
local experts.
Professor Stephen Colagiuri, Chair of the IDF Task Force on Clinical
Practice Guidelines said the IDF goals were to assess the progress
within countries in achieving the IDF Global Guidelines targets and
objectives; identify areas of diabetes prevention and care which
could be improved through implementation of the guidelines
recommendations and to assist in developing in-country plans to
implement the guideline recommendations in the areas of need.
"We want to assist Latin America to have the best practices and the
help it needs to implement global diabetes care standards locally,"
said Colagiuri.
Susana Feria de Campanella, Chair of the IDF SACA Region added, "it
is important that IDF is leading the charge to raise the profile of
and to improve diabetes care in the South and Central America
Region."
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF)