Diabetes Canada

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Diabetes Canada

Formation	1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Location	Toronto, Ontario
Website	diabetes.ca
Formerly called	Canadian Diabetes Association

Diabetes Canada (known from 1953 to 2017 as the Canadian Diabetes Association or CDA) is a registered national charity whose mission includes serving the 11 million Canadians living with diabetes or prediabetes.^[1] Diabetes Canada programs include:

• Its programs, education and services support people living with diabetes in their daily fight to live as well as possible with diabetes;
• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Canada represent the best evidence-based direction for health-care professionals;
• investments of more than $125 million in diabetes research since 1975; and
• Advocacy efforts have led governments to develop policies that respect the rights of people living with diabetes and access treatments they need to live healthy lives.