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IDF online event: KiDS: 10 years of contributing to global wellbeing

22 Nov 2023 | International Diabetes Federation

IDF online event: KiDS: 10 years of contributing to global wellbeing

22 Nov 2023 | International Diabetes Federation


On 22 November at 13:30 – 14:30 CET, IDF hosted the online event “KiDS: 10 years of contributing to global wellbeing”.

During this webinar, we celebrated a decade of success and reaffirmed IDF’s commitment to contributing to the well-being of children and adolescents with diabetes and preventing type 2 diabetes. The panel included expert speakers from IDF, ISPAD, Sanofi and regional governments.

Speakers included:

  • Joao Valente Nabais, IDF Vice-President and Chair of the IDF Youth Committee (Portugal)
  • Prof Akhtar Hussain, IDF President (Bangladesh/Norway)
  • Dr Rupa Naik, Deputy Director, Directorate of Health Services, Goa State (India)
  • Olivier Charmeil, Executive Vice President, General Medicines, Sanofi (France)
  • Fiona Olivier, Global Head Corporate Affairs, General Medicines, Sanofi (France)
  • Prof Gun Forsander, Leader of Diabetes in Schools Interest Group, ISPAD (Sweden)
  • Vivian Xiao, Head of Communications, Sanofi Greater China (China)

View the webinar here.

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KiDS is an IDF programme undertaken in partnership with the International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and supported by an educational grant from Sanofi.