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	WDF supporting a UN Resolution on diabetes The WDF is supporting The ‘Unite for Diabetes’ campaign led by IDF and supported by an alliance of diabetes associations, allied organizations, industry partners and people living with diabetes. A United Nations Resolution on diabetes will bring this silent killer out of the shadows, improve diabetes care for many and encourage concerted action to prevent diabetes and its complications. Diabetes is a major threat to global public health that is rapidly getting worse, and the biggest impact is on adults of working age in developing countries. At least 230 million people worldwide live with diabetes. In less than 20 years the number of people with diabetes will grow to 350 million worldwide. Of these 350 million, 80% will live in low- and middle-income countries. In many developing countries the burden of diabetes threatens to undermine the benefits of improved standards of living, education and economic growth. Individuals and families fear and experience the disability, reduced quality of life, and the lost years of life that untreated diabetes brings. In this edition of the WDF Newsletter we have aimed at sharing with you some of the International awareness initiatives like the Unite for Diabetes Campaign, the official stamp promoting prevention and advocacy for the diabetic foot in Tanzania, the WDF Symposium in Alexandria and fundraisers helping children in Bangladesh. By raising global awareness of the problem amongst various stakeholders in the developing countries as well as the general public the Foundation has contributed significantly to create a sense of urgency, support and hope for millions of people with diabetes. As of now, the WDF supports 72 projects in the developing countries and with a direct impact on 26 million people.
	Preventing amputations in Karnataka Somewhere in the world, a leg is lost to diabetes every 30 seconds.           The WDF hopes to alleviate the tremendous burden and suffering of the diabetic foot by sponsoring an innovative and unique project in Karnataka. Read more
	WDF Diabetes sessions in Alexandria Diabetes in the developing world was in focus when European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES) and the WDF organized a diabetes symposium at BioVision the 27-29 April at the New Library of Alexandria, Egypt. Read more
	Helping children in Bangladesh The Danish Employees from Novo Nordisk have all the reason to be proud. Together with WDF and the WHO collaborating centre for prevention and control of diabetes in the South East Asia Region, BIRDEM, they are today helping 60 children with diabetes in Bangladesh. Read more
	The diabetic foot postage stamp The official postage stamp was launched at the seminar of the Step by Step diabetic foot project in Tanziania, which is funded by WDF. The stamp will create nationwide awareness against the high rate of amputations.       Read more
	The Unite for Diabetes campaign The WDF is proud to contribute and support the Unite for diabetes campaign aiming for a United Nations Resolution on diabetes in 2007. To support the awareness part of this campaign the WDF, IDF and NN Film Solutions joined forces to produce a 7 min. film highlighting the key messages and essence of the campaign. Read more