‘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 […]
PDGN Patron, the Hon Judi Moylan OA reports from Australia on a number of wins with the Government.
The Government has approved funding of over AUS $9 million to rollout a program in schools for children with Type 1 diabetes alongside other announcements in the Australian Government Budget 2018/19 including AUS $125 million for heart and diabetes research. Judi is working as co-chair with Professor Paul Zimmet on the Implementation Reference Group who were […]