Petra Wilson IDF #MWC14 #mHealth

Tackling the global challenge of chronic diseaseOpportunities for mHealth

Dr Petra WilsonCEO, International Diabetes Federation

@IntDiabetesFed

ECHAlliance @ Mobile World Congress 2014

We have solutions…


IDF: A VIBRANT FEDERATION

200+ member associations across 160 countries

2 million+ members

7 regional offices


IDF’s 7 Roles

Advocacy + Campaigning

Evidence

TranslationalResearch

Best Practice Projects

Global Guidelines

Humanitarian Programmes

Convening


MOVING FORWARD

BRIDGES is an IDF programme supported by an educational grant from Lilly Diabetes


-Democratic Republic of Congo-Cambodia-Philippines

“In Cambodia 20 million SIM cards were sold in 2012. This is a lot for a population of 14 million”

Cambodian study team

We need to generateconfidence in the

secure sharing & use of personalinformation


NEW CHALLENGES

Photo: From IDF’s BRIDGES mHealth project in Cambodia

mHealth empowerspeople with diabetes

SUCCESSFUL RESULTS


NEW OPPORTUNITIES

“We hope this could someday lead to a new way for people with diabetes to manage their disease.”

Brian Otis & Babak Parviz, project co-founders, Google


THANK YOU


Scuba divers in the Maldives form an underwater blue circle on World Diabetes Day, November 14

Petra Wilson IDF #MWC14 #mHealth

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