Diabetes Federation of Ireland

The Diabetes Ireland is the national charity dedicated to providing support, education and motivation to all people affected by diabetes. The Federation also raises public awareness of diabetes and its symptoms and funds Irish based research into finding a cure for diabetes.

With the growing prevalence of diabetes in Ireland, currently estimated at 200,000 and anticipated to double by 2025, the need to provide community based diabetes patient education and awareness is of paramount importance. Recently,Diabetes Ireland has put in place 4 regional development teams whose role is to provide local professional education and peer group support to people with diabetes and their families regardless of where they live and raise awareness of diabetes in the wider community. This initiative entitled Community Orientated Diabetes Education (CODE) is our structured patient education campagin which is delivered on a national basis.