International Diabetes Federation

Formation| 1950
Founded at| Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Headquarters| Avenue Herrmann-Debroux 54 B-1160 Brussels, Belgium

Membership

| 240 national diabetes associations in 161 countries and territories

President

| Akhtar Hussain
Website| idf.org

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is an umbrella organisation of over 240 national diabetes associations in more than 161 countries and territories. It is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Organization
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## Organization[edit | edit source]

As of 2017, about 8.8% of the world population had diabetes[2]

IDF is divided into seven regions,[3] with the aim of strengthening the work of national diabetes associations and enhancing the collaboration between them.

IDF's national diabetes associations are divided into the following regions: Africa (AFR), Europe (EUR), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), North America and Caribbean (NAC), South and Central America (SACA), South East Asia (SEA) and Western Pacific (WP).[citation needed]

IDF is associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations and is in official relations with the World Health Organization.[4]

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ "International Diabetes Federation – The Global Voice for Diabetes". 2011-11-08. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
2. ↑ Standl, Eberhard; Khunti, Kamlesh; Hansen, Tina Birgitte; Schnell, Oliver (December 2019). "The global epidemics of diabetes in the 21st century: Current situation and perspectives". European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 26 (2_suppl): 7–14. doi:10.1177/2047487319881021. ISSN 2047-4881.
3. ↑ "Regions and members". Idf.org. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
4. ↑ "Who we are". idf.org. Retrieved 2022-10-09.

## External links[edit | edit source]

* International Diabetes Federation