Contents
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The people issue China’s 3C Study – the people behind the numbers
Helen McGuire and Linong Ji
IN MY OWN WORDS – A medical student with type 1 diabetes in Mali
Bakary Coulibaly
Diabetes and elderly people in the Caribbean
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Out of the office, into the community – micro financing for children with diabetes in Tanzania
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Adolescents living with diabetes – in their own words
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ML Serrabulho, MG Matos, J Raposo
IN MY OWN WORDS – Fighting for a future and winning against all odds: Suman’s inspiring story
Santosh Gupta
Proyecto Itzaes – preventing diabetes through education in rural Yucatan IN MY OWN WORDS – Tour of Bolivia – and a breath of fresh air Kyle Rose
IN MY OWN WORDS – Older people living with diabetes in India – in their own words
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Cynthia J Wilber
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Minu Painter
IN MY OWN WORDS – Patient 13 – taking the quest to cure type 1 diabetes to the big screen
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IN MY OWN WORDS – Strong at heart – Ali Ibrahim from Maldives in his own words
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Lisa Hepner
Multi-ability alert dogs for people with diabetes and visual impairment Lee Stanway
October 2012 • Volume 57 • Special Issue 1
Diabetes Voice is published quarterly and is freely available online at www.diabetesvoice.org.
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Vivienne Francis
Dorothy McLarty
The production of this Special Issue has been made possible thanks to the support of Sanofi Diabetes.
This publication is also available in French and Spanish.
Shelly McFarlane
IN MY OWN WORDS
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International Diabetes Federation Promoting diabetes care, prevention and a cure worldwide
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Editor-in-Chief: Stephanie A Amiel, UK Managing Editor: Olivier Jacqmain, olivier@idf.org Editor: Tim Nolan, tim@idf.org Advisory group: Pablo Aschner (Colombia), Ruth Colagiuri (Australia), Patricia Fokumlah (Cameroon), Attila József (Hungary), Viswanathan Mohan (India). Layout and printing: Luc Vandensteene, Ex Nihilo, Belgium, www.exnihilo.be All correspondence and advertising enquiries should be addressed to the Managing Editor: International Diabetes Federation, Chaussée de La Hulpe 166, 1170 Brussels, Belgium Phone: +32-2-5431626 – Fax: +32-2-5385114 – olivier@idf.org © International Diabetes Federation, 2012 – All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written prior permission of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). Requests to reproduce or translate IDF publications should be addressed to the IDF Communications Unit, Chaussée de La Hulpe 166, B-1170 Brussels, by fax +32-2-5385114, or by e-mail at communications@idf.org.
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ISSN: 1437-4064 Cover photo : © Simón Joaquin Clopton
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