Diabetes mellitus

This page provides links to publications and reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners working on this topic in the Western Pacific Region. Also shown are links to related web sites.

Fact sheets

No fact sheets available at this time.

News and press releases

05 October 2005
World Health Organization: "Stop the global epidemic of chronic disease"
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20 September 2005
Act now to address threat from noncommunicable diseases, WHO is urged
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04 June 2000
New partnership to tackle rising cases of diabetes in the Western Pacific Region
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04 June 2000
A Response to the Diabetes Epidemic in the Western Pacific
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Relevant publications and documents

The Western Pacific Declaration on Diabetes, Kuala Lumpur, June 2000
This document is a consensus statement on the prevention and control of diabetes mellitus and its complications by participants and experts from countries in Asia and the Pacific at a meeting in June 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organized by the International Diabetes Federation Western Pacific Regional Office and the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific in co-sponsorship with the secretariat of the Pacific Community and hosted by the Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

Plan of action on the Western Pacific Declaration of diabetes 2000-2005
The Declaration and Plan of Action target the governments of all countries and areas in the WHO Western Pacific Region, international and regional agencies, professional diabetes and related organizations, public health practitioners, planners, funders, clinical health professionals, business, and industry to take action to stem the increasing incidence of diabetes and to prevent or reduce complications in those already diagnosed.

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Upcoming meetings and events

No meeting/event planned at this time.

Contacts