Essential Health Links: Diabetes


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Desktop Guide to Type 1 Diabetes
Desktop Guide to Type 2 Diabetes
International Diabetes Federation: e-Atlas
PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Diabetes
WHO: Diabetes Mellitus
World Diabetes Foundation

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Desktop Guide to Type 1 Diabetes
 The site contains clinical guidelines for type 1 diabetes in an outline format. The information is accessed by general contents or detailed subject index and can be downloaded as a pdf, word or html file. The site is maintained by the International Diabetes Federation (European Region), Brussels. http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/philip.home/t1dg1998.htm

Desktop Guide to Type 2 Diabetes
 The site contains clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetes in an outline format. The information is accessed by general contents or detailed subject index and can be downloaded as a pdf, word or html file. The site is maintained by the International Diabetes Federation (European Region), Brussels. http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/philip.home/t2dg1999.htm

International Diabetes Federation: e-Atlas  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The e-Atlas contains prevalence data, issues of insulin access, and health expenditure in 140 countries worldwide. The e-Atlas aims to communicate the global impact of diabetes and to underline the need for intervention now. http://www.eatlas.idf.org/

PubMed - Free Fulltext Articles on Diabetes (36000+)
 This PubMed search will identify all digestive system related free fulltext ejournal articles within the database. Within the search results, there are links to the fulltext material. By repeating this search periodically, you will find new fulltext articles that are added to the PubMed database weekly. Essential Health Links contains similar searches for most subpages listed in the Specific Health Resources table of contents. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=PureSearch&db=pubmed&details_term=%22loattrfree%20full%20text%22%5Bsb%5D%20AND%20%28%28%22type%20ii%20diabetes%20mellitus%22%5BTIAB%5D%20NOT%20Medline%5BSB%5D%29%20OR%20%22diabetes%20mellitus%2C%20type%20ii%22%5BMeSH%20Terms%5D%20OR%20diabetes%5BText%20Word%5D%29

WHO: Diabetes Mellitus  (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
This WHO site includes a factsheet on diabetes, epidemiological data, links, and a bibliography of WHO diabetes publications. It is available in English, French and Spanish. http://www.who.int/topics/diabetes_mellitus/en/

World Diabetes Foundation (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The Foundation aims to improve diabetes care in the poorest countries through funding of education, capacity building, distribution and procurement of essential drugs. The site describes the organization's mission, projects and partnerships. http://www.worlddiabetesfoundation.org/

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Updated: 12 January 2008