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Inter-country Scientific Meeting 2026 in Moroni: Strengthening Cooperation to Fight Diabetes
The NGO Santé Diabète is organising an inter-country scientific meeting in Moroni, Union of the Comoros, from 14 to 16 April 2026, which will bring together the NGO’s institutional, technical and scientific partners.
Santé Diabète is launching a MOOC: ‘Diabetes: the new challenges linking the environment, diet and health, in both the North and the South’
Grenoble, 14 October 2025 – The NGO Santé Diabète is pleased to announce the launch of its new MOOC, available on the Campus AFD platform. Registration is now open and the course will begin on 28 October 2025.
“Living With”: Perspectives on Type 1 Diabetes, from Geneva to Bamako
The exhibition ‘Living With’ invites the public to discover the daily lives of people living with type 1 diabetes in Geneva, Switzerland, and in Bamako, Mali, highlighting their challenges, strength, and resilience.
Biosimilar Insulin Significantly Lowers HbA1c in Mali, But Access Remains a Challenge
Our new study published in Diabetic Medicine has demonstrated significant improvements in glycaemic control among children and young adults living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) in Mali following the introduction of biosimilar glargine, a long-acting analogue insulin.
Cyclone Chido in Mayotte: the State must guarantee continuity of care for people living with diabetes
Grenoble, January 2, 2025 - The devastating passage of cyclone Chido on December 14, 2024 has plunged the Mayotte archipelago into a humanitarian emergency. A French overseas department in the Indian Ocean, Mayotte is home to more than 320,000 inhabitants, 10% of whom live with diabetes, a rate twice that of mainland France.
À l’approche de la Journée Mondiale du Diabète, les entreprises pharmaceutiques telles que Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk et Sanofi doivent rendre les stylos à insuline disponibles à 1 dollar par stylo.
On November 14, 2024, the NGO Santé Diabète joined Médecins Sans Frontières Access Campaign, T1International, and Treatment Action Campaign in a demonstration outside Novo Nordisk’s headquarters in Sandton, South Africa, calling on the company to make insulin pens available at $1 per pen.
Making Nutri-Score Mandatory is a Public Health Emergency
Following the op-ed published in Le Monde on October 24, 2024, by Mathilde Touvier, Cynthia Fleury, Serge Hercberg, and Stéphane Besançon, a collective of 1,142 scientists and health professionals is calling on the Prime Minister to make the Nutri-Score mandatory in France.
