When the earth trembles  

What happens to people with diabetes when a natural disaster hits and all focus goes into immediate relief work? Last September, West Sumatra was hit by an earthquake which left hundreds of thousands homeless and partly destroyed the main provincial hospital. In the aftermath, teams of doctors went to find people and provide them care because many were still too traumatised to leave the remains of their homes.

In January, only a few weeks ago, another earthquake struck Haiti and took a still unknown number of lives. While focus is still on the immediate relief work, teams from neighbouring Dominican Republic are preparing mobile care teams to move into communities and seek people with diabetes in need of care.

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A Walk for change

The Global Diabetes Walk 2009 is over. 305,479 participants in 52 countries set another record and collectively showed their concern about public health.

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Newsletter Q4 2009

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Annual Review 2008

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