OUR CORE VALUES
EXCELLENCE
in diabetes education, patient care and quality of life.
TRANSPERANCY
in work, communication and disclosure of information.
CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
in finding new ways and strategies to fight diabetes.
DEDICATION
to improvement and advance in diabetes care.
RESPONSIBILITY
to the public, patients and HCPs.
ETHICS
in relationships and conduct.
QUALITY
in action and projects.
Assesment of need
387 million people have diabetes; by 2035 this will rise to 592 million
The number of people with type 2 diabetes is increasing in every country
The greatest number of people with diabetes are between 40 and 59 years of age
179 million people with diabetes are undiagnosed
Diabetes caused 4.9 million deaths in 2014; Every seven seconds a person dies from diabetes
Diabetes caused at least USD 612 billion dollars in health expenditure in 2014 – 11% of total spending on adults
More than 79,000 children developed type 1 diabetes in 2013
More than 21 million live births were affected by diabetes during pregnancy in 2013
Data source : IDF
Goals
To impact and advance clinical practice and patient care on primary and secondary level through unbiased, high quality transfer of knowledge and god practices into all levels of healthcare.
To enable and promote studies and research related to diabetes and thus improve quality and development in diabetes prevention, management and control.
To improve the patients life and therapies effectiveness through education of HCPs and patients.
To reduce the economic burden of diabetes through public awareness , healthcare and self management improvements.
Strategies & Actions
Leadership
Agada will strive to lead HCPs, public and patients towards better diabetes diagnose, control, management and care.
Impact and influence
Agada will strive to be a trusted and relevant source of knowledge, improvements and assistance in diabetes care, prevention, education and research to HCPs, public and patients.
Value for stakeholders
HCPs: transfer of knowledge and good practice to clinical environments
Patients: improvements in care, education and quality of life
Public : reducing the economic burden of diabetes by education,early diagnose and prevention.
Capacity to lead
Agada will strive to lead by example, exercising core values of knowledge,expertise and ethics. And build an organisational structure in a way to ensure transparency, creativity, high ethics and efficiency in Agada organisation and projects.
Scope
continuous medical education and professional development in healthcare
diabetes related studies and research
public awareness about diabetes threats and prevention
patient education
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