Brought to you by IDF Releases New Guidelines for Worldwide
Diabetes Treatment At the 20th World Diabetes Congress in
Montreal on October 25, 2009, the International Diabetes
Federation (IDF) released 3 sets of diabetes guidelines for
health care providers intended for improving patient care and
halting the spread of the disease. The guidelines dealt with the
self-monitoring of blood glucose, pregnancy, and oral health.
The IDF Task Force on Clinical Guidelines’ mission is to meet
the critical global need to provide up-to-date evidence-based
information and training for health care professionals. The IDF
Global Guideline on Pregnancy and Diabetes (the first) aims to
establish a global standard for the care of gestational diabetes
and patients with diabetes who become pregnant. Gestational
diabetes is common, and its frequency is increasing throughout
the world. The IDF also released guidelines on helping patients
with diabetes manage their oral health, as well as perform
regular self-monitoring of blood gluco