Search Tag: IDF

Executive Health Management

How-to-tackle-diabetic-retinopathy-in-a-megalopolis-like-mexico

2017 17 Aug

Imagine travelling to Portugal or Cuba and that 100% of the population you see has diabetes! This sounds like a nightmare to me, and I would assume the same for you if you know the burden this disease represents for health systems. This science fiction scenario is no longer fiction in Mexico, we are one of the most affected countries in the world due to...Read more

Executive Health Management

International-diabetes-federation-predicts-global-increase-in-diabetes

2013 21 Nov

According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) one in ten of the world's population will have diabetes by 2035. The latest edition IDF Diabetes Atlas estimates that the number of people living with diabetes will increase from 382 million to 592 million people by the year 2035, many in low and middle income countries and the majority under...Read more