News 2008

5 December 2008
Interview of David Beran, Project Coordinator, in the Danish Newspaper Information. (Please note that David Beran is not linked to the WHO as stated in the article).
November 2008
David Beran in Mozambique working on Diabetes UK Twinning Project.
25 October 2008
Participation of the IIF’s Chairman, Professor John S. Yudkin and David Beran, Project Coordinator at an IDF meeting addressing the issue of access to insulin and diabetes care for children in the World’s poorest countries.
July-October 2008
RAPIA in Vietnam
October 2008
Article in Perspectives about diabetes using data and photos from the IIF.
August 2008
Publication of an article by David Beran and John S. Yudkin in collaboration with Ariane McCabe in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, entitled “Access to Medicines versus access to treatment: the case of Type 1 diabetes”.
June 2008
Update on improvements in diabetes care in Mozambique presented in an article in Diabetes Voice.
26-28 May 2008
Geneva Health Forum - Presentation given by David Beran entitled “Lessons from diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: can they be applied to all countries” and 2 posters presented on the IIF’s work.
10-22 May 2008
Visit to Vietnam by the IIF’s Project Coordinator, David Beran, to establish contacts and logistics for the RAPIA to be carried out in Vietnam from July-September 2008.
9 May 2008
Mention of David Beran’s visit to Ho Chi Minh City in the news section the Ho Chi Minh City web portal.
April 2008
Article about the IIF’s work in Mozambique in the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust R&D Bulletin.
26 April-9 May 2008
David Beran, IIF Project Coordinator in Mozambique working on the Diabetes UK Twinning Project.
17 April 2008
Participation of the IIF’s Project Coordinator at a seminar on diabetes organised by Handicap International
6-16 March 2008
Visit to the UK by Dr. Carla Silva Matos, Head, Non Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Mozambique. Organised by Diabetes UK and coordinated by the IIF.
6 March 2008
Presentation by the IIF Project Coordinator at the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference in Glasgow. Session chaired by Professor John S. Yudkin, Chairman of the IIF.
19-20 February 2008
Participation of the IIF Project Coordinator in a WHO Consultative Meeting on the Direct Costs of Diabetes Treatment
11-13 February 2008
Participation of the IIF’s Chairman, Professor John S. Yudkin at Handicap International’s International Conference in Lyon, France.
2008-2009
Support received from Diabetes UK to implement a “Twinning” project with the Associação Moçambicana dos Diabéticos (AMODIA, Mozambican Association of Diabetics)
Interview of David Beran, Project Coordinator, in the Danish Newspaper Information. (Please note that David Beran is not linked to the WHO as stated in the article).
November 2008
David Beran in Mozambique working on Diabetes UK Twinning Project.
25 October 2008
Participation of the IIF’s Chairman, Professor John S. Yudkin and David Beran, Project Coordinator at an IDF meeting addressing the issue of access to insulin and diabetes care for children in the World’s poorest countries.
July-October 2008
RAPIA in Vietnam
October 2008
Article in Perspectives about diabetes using data and photos from the IIF.
August 2008
Publication of an article by David Beran and John S. Yudkin in collaboration with Ariane McCabe in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, entitled “Access to Medicines versus access to treatment: the case of Type 1 diabetes”.
June 2008
Update on improvements in diabetes care in Mozambique presented in an article in Diabetes Voice.
26-28 May 2008
Geneva Health Forum - Presentation given by David Beran entitled “Lessons from diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: can they be applied to all countries” and 2 posters presented on the IIF’s work.
10-22 May 2008
Visit to Vietnam by the IIF’s Project Coordinator, David Beran, to establish contacts and logistics for the RAPIA to be carried out in Vietnam from July-September 2008.
9 May 2008
Mention of David Beran’s visit to Ho Chi Minh City in the news section the Ho Chi Minh City web portal.
April 2008
Article about the IIF’s work in Mozambique in the UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust R&D Bulletin.
26 April-9 May 2008
David Beran, IIF Project Coordinator in Mozambique working on the Diabetes UK Twinning Project.
17 April 2008
Participation of the IIF’s Project Coordinator at a seminar on diabetes organised by Handicap International
6-16 March 2008
Visit to the UK by Dr. Carla Silva Matos, Head, Non Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Mozambique. Organised by Diabetes UK and coordinated by the IIF.
6 March 2008
Presentation by the IIF Project Coordinator at the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference in Glasgow. Session chaired by Professor John S. Yudkin, Chairman of the IIF.
19-20 February 2008
Participation of the IIF Project Coordinator in a WHO Consultative Meeting on the Direct Costs of Diabetes Treatment
11-13 February 2008
Participation of the IIF’s Chairman, Professor John S. Yudkin at Handicap International’s International Conference in Lyon, France.
2008-2009
Support received from Diabetes UK to implement a “Twinning” project with the Associação Moçambicana dos Diabéticos (AMODIA, Mozambican Association of Diabetics)