1. Tackling the global challenge of chronic disease
Opportunities for mHealth
Dr Petra Wilson
CEO, International Diabetes Federation
@IntDiabetesFed
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7. We have solutions…
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8. IDF: A VIBRANT FEDERATION
200+ member associations across 160 countries
2 million+ members
7 regional offices
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9. IDF’s 7 Roles
Advocacy +
Campaigning
Evidence
Translational
Research
Best Practice
Projects
Global
Guidelines
Humanitarian
Programmes
Convening
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11. MOVING FORWARD
BRIDGES is an IDF programme supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes
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-Democratic Republic of Congo
-Cambodia
-Philippines
“In Cambodia 20 million SIM cards were sold in
2012. This is a lot for a population of 14 million”
Cambodian study team

12. We need to generate
confidence in the
secure sharing & use
of personal
information
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NEW CHALLENGES
Photo: From IDF’s BRIDGES mHealth project in Cambodia

13. mHealth empowers
people with diabetes
SUCCESSFUL RESULTS
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14. NEW OPPORTUNITIES
“We hope this could
someday lead to a new
way for people with
diabetes to manage
their disease.”
Brian Otis & Babak Parviz,
project co-founders, Google
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16. THANK YOU
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Scuba divers in the Maldives form an underwater blue circle on
World Diabetes Day, November 14