SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY

Abstract

The recent World Diabetes Congress was organized by the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) and Emirates Diabetes Society in Dubai, between 4th and 8th December, 2011. Professor Jean Claude Mbanya, IDF’s President, explained that such an important event “is taking place during a milestone year for diabetes and other Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs), more broadly. The congress meets at an extremely advantageous point after the United Nations High-Level Summit on the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). This Summit made the world take notice of diabetes and other NCDs for the first time and has already proved to be a catalyst for major change at a global level, as well as providing a framework of action for the future” (Programme Book, page 9).