Learn about what really matters to people living with diabetes around the world.
Insights, Stories & Perspectives
The #dedoc° blog features articles and opinion pieces written by our international network of diabetes advocates: the #dedoc° voices. From scientific conferences to the latest diabetes research and technology, from challenges faced by those living with diabetes to global disparities in healthcare, our #dedoc° voices cover it all.
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Technology, peer support and recognition: a crazy journey through ATTD 2025
A deeply personal reflection on living with type 1 diabetes across nearly four decades and across unequal realities. From a teenage diagnosis in Brazil to attending one of the world’s leading diabetes technology congresses through a #dedocº scholarship, this piece explores resilience, access gaps, advocacy, and the power of community. It is a story about frustration turned into action, about being seen and heard, and about why lived experience, peer support, and collective advocacy matter just as much as innovation itself.
End Diabetes Stigma! Why a Global Summit Matters
The Global Summit to End Diabetes Stigma brings together people living with diabetes, advocates, healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers from around the world to move beyond awareness and toward action. Taking place in Jaipur, India, on March 28–29, 2026, the Summit is designed as a shared space for dialogue, co-creation, and collaboration. With lived experience at its core, it aims to challenge stigma across healthcare, policy, and society, and to build practical, collective solutions to help end diabetes stigma globally. #dedoc° offers 100 travel grants for advocates from LMICs to ensure diverse attendance and impact around the world.