Q4-05
	WDF aiming for the long term commitment There are currently 194 million people with diabetes in the world. This figure is expected to increase to 333 millions by 2025 corresponding to more than 19,000 new patients every day for the next 20 years. As much as the WDF and many other organisations working in the area wish to put an instant stop to this epidemic, the Foundation realises that this requires a broad long term perspective and consistent collaborative work. In this edition of WDF News we have aimed at sharing with you some of the achievements from the international work initiated to improve and implement long term commitment in diabetes management. This implies bringing your attention to some of the challenges involved in diabetes care and highlighting the diversity of the WDF projects and success stories from Afghanistan, El Salvador, Cameroon and fundraising activity from the Novo Nordisk Executive Management which will benefit children in Tanzania in the years to come. As of now, the WDF supports 57 projects in more than 65 countries in the developing world and as ever before the Foundation takes into account the overall context of diabetes be it in Africa, Asia or South America. The work of the Foundation is estimated to have a direct impact on 24 million people and we will continue to improve and target our efforts even better in the years to come.
	Furniture sold to help children in Tanzania Executive chairs, desks and other office furniture have been sold on auction. All proceeds have been donated to the World Diabetes Foundation, who will use the donation to help children with diabetes in Tanzania. Read more
	Helping people with diabetes in El Salvador Nine dollars a month. It does not sound like much help, but if around 40 employees and managers in a company take nine dollars or more each month and commonly give it to a diabetes fundraising project in the developing world, it amounts to something, our story from El Salvador shows. Read more
	Children saved by clinics in Kabul On 17 April, the children’s diabetes centre in Indira Gandhi Hospital in Kabul was inaugurated. The next day, a man entered the clinic carrying his seven year old daughter on his shoulders. Anita was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and received immediately insulin treatment. Read more
	Passing on experience in Africa In July, a workshop passing on valuable lessons about the collection of diabetes data, was held in Yaounde, capital of the West African country Cameroon.  Read more