Mothers and diabetes  

Mothers and diabetes is one of WDF's focus areas

WDF focuses on gestational diabetes (GDM) because it is now widely known that mother and child run an elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life if gestational diabetes is left uncontrolled. Furthermore, a pregnancy with diabetes entails a number of risks to the baby, which also affect the birth.

The area of gestational diabetes is largely unaddressed as an important maternal health issue in developing countries. Focusing on gestational diabetes is a low-cost preventive way to improve maternal and child health, and a small investment in providing screening and care services for mothers at risk for gestational diabetes is likely to have a multigenerational impact on the beneficiaries as well as on health care systems and budgets. 

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WDF support

Seminars

Six workshops in collaboration with International Federation of Gynecology & Obestetrics (FIGO), 2011-2014

Expert meeting on Diabetes, Women and Developmenet, May 2008

Projects

WDF supports GDM projects in many countries, for example India, Sudan, Cameroon and Columbia