Who are we?
The Finnish Diabetes Association is a public-health and patient organization, the leading voluntary health organization in the field of diabetes and its prevention in Finland. The association was founded in 1955.
Who do we represent?
The Finnish Diabetes Association is the central body for 109 local branches and four professional associations. The institutional members of the Association has a total individual membership of 60 000.
Membership of the Finnish Diabetes Association: local branches, Association of Finnish Diabetes Nurses, Finnish Diabetes Research Society, Finnish Diabetes Education Study Group, Finnish Association of Podiatry.
What is our mission?
The mission of the Finnish Diabetes Association is to overcome diabetes.
What do we do?
The Finnish Diabetes Association is:
conducting policy advocacy.
The Finnish Diabetes Association works to prevent diabetes and its complications and to improve diabetes care. The Association also looks after the interests of people with diabetes and seeks to promote the health and well-being of the Finnish people.
enhancing diabetes-related skills
The Finnish Diabetes Association provides rehabilitation to people with diabetes and training for diabetes professionals, disseminates information about diabetes (magazines, booklets, website) and contributes to the development of new approaches to diabetes care and patient education.
supporting people with diabetes
The Finnish Diabetes Association is a national non-governmental organization which together with its local branches provides direct support to people with diabetes and their families on different aspects of living with diabetes and endeavours to improve the quality of life of people with diabetes.
The Diabetes Centre in Tampere is the national headquarters of the Finnish Diabetes Association, housing the Central Office and the Education and Training Centre. The Diabetes Centre has a beautiful location on the shore of Lake Näsijärvi in the community of Aitolahti some 20 kilometres from Tampere city centre. Built in 1980 and expanded and refurbished in 1992—1993, the Diabetes Centre today provides courses for 1 600—1 700 people each year and employs about 60 staff. How do you get involved?
For further information, please contact the Secretariat and visit the Finnish Diabetes Association website.
To learn more about the Finnish Diabetes Association’s activities, see 2008 Congress to meet the challenge of diabetes pandemic.
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