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On January 25, 2023, the conference "Integrating prevention and care : diabetes/tuberculosis and diabetes/HIV to strengthen health systems", co-organized by Santé Diabète, the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF) and the AFD group (Agence française de développement), including Expertise France/L'Initiative, was held in Paris. The objective of the conference was to...

On the occasion of the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) being held in Geneva, MSF Access campaign and Santé Diabète are publishing a technical document entitled “Towards Insulin for All: Operationalizing the WHA74 Resolution on Diabetes”). In May 2021, during...

Le 20 février, le JDD a publié un sondage IFOP plaçant la santé comme le premier enjeu « déterminant au moment du vote » lors de l’élection présidentielle pour 74% des électeurs. Pourtant, à moins de deux mois du premier tour, nos organisations s’inquiètent du peu de place qui est consacré à ce sujet dans les débats….

Santé Diabète will hold a conference of French-speaking experts in Grenoble on December 13 and 14, 2021, under the sponsorship of Mr. Olivier Véran, Minister of Solidarity and Health. This conference will bring together more than 50 partners of Santé Diabète from 7 French-speaking countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Union of the Comoros, Canada, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland)...

Monday, May 31, 2021 - Press release - Santé Diabète. The Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) gathered for 10 days at the 74th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted a historic resolution on the fight against diabetes and in particular for the access to insulin[1]. Santé...

Diabetes is scourge that is spreading in Africa. People who have comorbidities, such as HIV/aids and tuberculosis, are vulnerable to it. A significant number of people are affected by these comorbidities and a scientific approach needs to be implemented to address it. For diabetes and tuberculosis, we use the term “co-epidemic,” for...

The year 2021 marks the centenary anniversary of the discovery of insulin in 1921 at the University of Toronto in Canada. Insulin is a life-saving treatment for millions of people with diabetes around the world. The number of people with diabetes is growing rapidly and the need for human insulin will continue to increase in the coming years....

Op-Ed: "Against the Covid 19, Africa must be guaranteed access to the vaccine". Find our entire column "Against the Covid 19, Africa must be guaranteed access to the vaccine" published in Le Monde dated from January 18 from this link for newspaper subscribers…