FEND is proud to announce that President Anne-Marie Felton has been awarded a distinguished prize of the American Diabetes Association: the Harold Rifkin Award for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes. 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated 2020 as the "Year of the Nurse and Midwife". What prescience. Globally the profession has taken great heart at the reinstatement of the position of Chief Nursing Officer in WHO.

EASD has a comprehensive collection of resources here.

https://easd-elearning.org/covid-19/

The founding principles of WHO and its vital contribution is as relevant to day as when it was founded. FEND stands four square in support of WHO. As with other sentient organisations we recognise the catastrophic impact of the threat by any nation to undermine the influence and function of WHO at this critical time of global public health crisis.

We urge all nations and humanitarian organisations to support WHO in a transparent and objective manner recognising that the crisis is global and no one nation can solve the problem alone.

From American Diabetes Association (ADA)

From Diabetes UK:

Advice for Healthcare Professionals on COVID-19 and Diabetes

The above page is continually updated and covers many aspects e.g.:

This month, as the world's major religions celebrate significant festivals – Easter, Passover, Ramadan and Vaisakhi – in isolation, the test of faith is set to intensify.

We salute all health care professionals in the front line of this global public health challenge and we mourn the grievous loss of colleagues and extend our heartfelt sympathy to their dear families, friends and colleagues.

We recognise the essence of the quote from a poem by John Donne:

On World Health Day, WHO has launched the first ever State of the World’s Nursing Report 2020.

All front line health care personnel are in the valley of death in this unprecedented health and human crisis. The global tragedy of those who are victims of COVID-19 are further insulted by the shortage or unavailability of the critical safety equipment they need and the health care professionals caring for them to be mutually protected.