Sir Michael Hirst

President, International Diabetes Federation

November 2015

THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DIABETES: HOW IS IDF FACING THE CHALLENGES?

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

Diabetes: A global emergency

Diabetes around the world

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

and even worse than it appears…

high risk of diabetes

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

In total…

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

A global burden

1 new case every 3 SECONDS

1 death every 6 SECONDS

1 limb lost every 20 SECONDS

A global burden

12% of global health expenditure is spent on diabetes

USD 673 billion in 2015

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

The diabetes epidemic

Diabetes in South and Central America

• 29.6 million people with diabetes in 2015

• 48.8 million people with diabetes by 2035

• 39% of people with diabetes undiagnosed

• 247,000 deaths in 2015

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

By 2040, the number of people with diabetes will increase by 65% in South and Central America

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

Diabetes in South and Central America

Adult population with diabetes 29.6 million

Regional prevalence (%) 9.4

2015

Brazil 14.3 10.2

Chile 1.4 11.0

Peru 1.2 6.4

Bolivia 0.4 6.5

National prevalence

(%)

Adults with diabetes (millions)

Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015 Source: IDF Diabetes Atlas Seventh Edition 2015

The IDF response

Driving up the public profile of diabetes

& Helping people with diabetes

HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT ADVOCACY &

CAMPAIGNING

IDF PROJECTS

& PROGRAMMES

Historic global targets

Drug therapy and

counselling

50% Essential medicines and technologies

80%

Salt

30%

Halt the rise in

diabetes and obesity

Physical inactivity 10%

Adopted by Governments

November 2012

Reduction in

premature mortality

from NCDs

Global Diabetes Scorecard

Holding governments to account and setting the baseline for future monitoring • 37 countries reported adopting the

Global Monitoring Framework.

Improvement needed in:

• Implementation of national NCD plans and prevention policies.

Policy action across South and Central America

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Approved by the UN General Assembly on 27 September 2015

GOAL 3 - HEALTH

KEY HEALTH GOALS

1. Reduction of avoidable mortality by ONE THIRD by 2030.

2. Access to essential medicines and technologies for ALL.

3. Recruitment, development, training and education of healthcare workforce.

IDF Young Leaders in Diabetes The voice of young people with diabetes, leading change from the ground-up

Parliamentarians for Diabetes Global Network Putting diabetes on political agendas around the world

Building strategic alliances

World Diabetes Day

Led by the International Diabetes Federation, World Diabetes Day unites the global diabetes community in a

powerful voice for diabetes awareness and advocacy, engaging individuals and communities to bring the diabetes epidemic into

the public spotlight

World Diabetes Day

The International Diabetes Federation will continue to lead on the need

to access healthy food to reduce the global burden of diabetes and save billions in lost productivity and healthcare costs

World Diabetes Day 2015

campaign marks the second

of a three-year (2014-16)

focus on healthy eating

and diabetes

Sharing solutions that work

Humanitarian aid

Humanitarian aid

Getting emergency supplies of insulin to refugee camps

World Diabetes Congress 2015