Timetable and topics 

Monday, Febuary 20, 2006 All Day - Registration and Distribution of Material Tuesday, Febuary 21, 2006 8.30 - Welcome and opening ceremony Mapping the Health, Societal and Economic Challenge of Diabetes Models for Care Delivery Group work - Public health measures to deal with the burden of diabetes  Wednesday February 22, 2006 - Taking Action Empowering Communities Building Capacity for National Programs Addressing Special Needs Partnering to build infrastructure Workshop - Creating af network for effective partnerships Thursday February 23,  2006 WPR IDF Program WPDD 2000-2005: Past experience and lessons learned  Working groups report back - Conclusions and closing	The Western Pacific Region (including China) and the South East Asian Region (including India) have the greatest number of people with diabetes in the world About 2-2.5 million Vietnamese people, or 2.4-3.% of Vietnam´s population now suffer from diabetes In India the number of people with diabetes was an estimated 19.3 million in 1995. This is projected to rise to 57.2 million by 2025. The total number of people with diabetes in China is currently estimated to be over 30 million and growing The current number of people with diabetes in the Western Pacific region is estimated to be 43 million and this number will increase to at least 76 million by the year 2025 Return to front page