KiDS - International Diabetes Federation

GLOBAL CAMPAIGN
Schools take the
lead in the fight
against diabetes
David Chaney, Sara Webber and Daniela Chinnici
Approximately 79,000 children are diagnosed with
diabetes each year around the world.1 Schools
play an important role in protecting the rights of
children and teenagers with diabetes. However, the
lack of knowledge within schools about diabetes
can lead to isolation, stigma and discrimination.2-5
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF),
International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent
Diabetes (ISPAD) and Sanofi Diabetes launched
the Kids with Diabetes in Schools (KiDS) project
in 2013. The project addresses the lack of diabetes
knowledge in schools, fosters a supportive school
environment for children with diabetes and introduces all children to the importance of engaging in
a healthy lifestyle. Currently, KiDS is running pilot
programmes in Brazil through the Associação de
Diabetes Juvenil (ADJ) and in India through the
Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).
This valuable resource provides information on
diabetes prevention, diabetes management and
tips for leading a healthy lifestyle.
Quick reference sections are featured in the pack
giving essential details on how to deal with hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose) and hypoglycaemia (low
blood glucose). For teachers and parents, the pack also
provides a diabetes management plan which serves
as guidance and may offer protection for the needs
of a child with diabetes during a typical school day.
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As part of KiDS in-school training sessions,
teachers, parents and children are provided with
a culturally tailored Diabetes Information Pack.
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A project of the
International Diabetes Federation
Kids & Diabetes in Schools
A toolkit to inform on
diabetes in schools
The KiDS pack is available in eight languages, including Portuguese and Hindi, from the IDF website. A KiDS app for iPad in English was launched
in September. By the end of 2014, the app will also
be available in the same eight languages.
The KiDS pilot sites in Sao Paulo and New Delhi
have been running school trainings since June 2014.
Both cities are experiencing increasing prevalence
of childhood type 2 diabetes, partly due to rapid
urbanisation and changing lifestyle. In total, 15
school trainings will take place in each city. Early
results following the first trainings are encouraging. In Brazil, all nutritionists working in Sao Paulo
will be trained using KiDS materials. Trainings in
Brazil are now expected to reach 15,000 students.
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seeing the benefits of the project, and one school
administrator advocates KiDS as an empowerment
tool: “KiDS is an excellent opportunity for us to
empower teachers for reaching out to parents and
seeking their cooperation – both in terms of caring
for people with type 1 diabetes and for making efforts
to prevent children from developing type 2 diabetes
later in life,” said Ms. Madhulika Sen, Principal,
Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar.
In New Delhi, the Ministry of Health has made a
commitment to train 30,000-40,000 teachers with
KiDS materials. Schools in New Delhi are clearly
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Additionally the KiDS project has also been released in Toronto, Canada with the support of
the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA). More
information will be forthcoming as the Canadian
pilot progresses.
Looking ahead
The KiDS project will be evaluated in India and
Brazil in 2015 with results being discussed at
the World Diabetes Congress in Vancouver (in
December, 2015). Other countries including Iran,
Kuwait, Taiwan and Turkey have expressed an
interest in running the KiDS project in schools.
Within the next months a toolkit to help new countries introduce the KiDS packs in schools will be
available on IDF website.
David Chaney, Sara Webber and Daniela Chinnici
David Chaney is Senior Education Specialist at the International
Diabetes Federation, Brussels, Belgium.
Sara Webber is Media and PR Coordinator at the International Diabetes
Federation, Brussels, Belgium.
Daniela Chinnici is Programmes and Policy Administrator at
the International Diabetes Federation, Brussels, Belgium.
For more information on the KiDS project and to download the Diabetes
Information Pack, visit the IDF website www.idf.org/education/kids
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