Links

Related areas of work at WHO

• Blindness
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular disease
• Chronic diseases and health promotion
• Diabetes
• Diet and physical activity
• Human genetics and genomics

Organizations and partners working on diabetes

• International Diabetes Federation
• CDC - Diabetes Public Health Resource
• Diabetes Monitor - Information, education, and support for people with diabetes
• Diabetes Net
• Diabetes Health Economics Resources

Events

• World Diabetes Day
  14 November 2011
• UN high-level meeting on NCD prevention and control
  19-20 September 2011
• Global ministerial conference on healthy lifestyles and NCD control
  28-29 April 2011
• WHO global forum: Addressing the challenge of noncommunicable diseases
  27 April 2011
• Health experts accept use of HbA1c for diagnosing diabetes
  14 January 2011