Diabetes Australia
Holding an event in Parliament to offer elected members and their staff a test for diabetes is not a new idea, but it is still highly effective at getting a message across to politicians. This year’s event in Australia was called: “Take Five to do Five Health Checks” and was held at Parliament House in […]
BDA Taking Action
Free health screenings, healthy food samples and water were on offer as part of a public open day hosted by the Bermuda Diabetes Association. The charity invited the public to an event marking World Diabetes Day on 14th November, to learn more about the services it provides. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Diabetes Association said: […]
BDA’s Biodegradable Bottles
Melissa Levy, the head pharmacist at the Bermuda Diabetes Association, has been measuring out medicine into the BDA’s new biodegradable bottles. People with diabetics in Bermuda will receive biodegradable medicine bottles after the island’s diabetes charity pledged to go green. The Bermuda Diabetes Association made the switch to bottles made out of corn husks as […]
Associations’ News
News from Associate Members of PDGN – national diabetes associations and other not-for-profits BDA Covid Action To overcome Covid restrictions, the Bermuda Diabetic Association has been providing on-line education updates, and innovative programmes for those with diabetes. The pandemic has revealed that more people are without employment and health insurance and requiring free diabetes medicine […]
Diabetes Complication Screening
Two donors made it possible for the Bermuda Diabetes Association (BDA) to organize foot screenings by a chiropodist, and retinal eye screening by an ophthalmologist for fifty uninsured people with diabetes. Almost every one screened had uncontrolled hypertension, more than half had elevated HbA1c, and the majority did not see a physician on a regular […]
PDGN News: Meet Susan Jackson MP, PDGN’s new President
Susan is a fourth generation Jackson to commit to public service in the Bermuda Parliament. She approaches public service with a deep sense of responsibility and believes trust is the most important ingredient for effective representation and that trust must be earned. Susan first met PDGN Co-Chair, Sir Michael Hirst, at a Bermuda summit on […]
‘Going Green’
The Bermuda Diabetes Association (BDA) is going green. Debbie Jones reports that they are getting rid of their pharmacy bags and replacing them with bags made from recyclable materials. The BDA is also looking to replace all of the current medicine bottles which are made from toxic plastic with medicine bottles that are 100% biodegradable. […]
Associations’ News: COVID and Diabetes in Bermuda
COVID-19 hit Bermuda in March 2020, reports Debbie Jones, Chair of the Bermuda Diabetes Association. She said: “Like many other countries Bermuda did the best it could navigating itself around the advice from CDC, WHO and Public Health England. “The Bermuda Diabetes Association continued to serve the public during lockdown and provided those with diabetes […]