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Job: International Diabetes Federation seeks Junior Professional Officer, Women and Diabetes, Belgium
Closing date: 08 September 2010
The International Diabetes Federation’s (IDF) Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Programme gives young university graduates, and young qualified professionals the opportunity to obtain training and exposure to IDFs work in the field of diabetes and non communicable diseases (NCDs). All JPO posts are based at the Federation’s Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. This scheme is open to EU nationals only. IDF is a progressive international federation of over 200 national diabetes associations with 2 million members in more than 160 countries and territories. IDF is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and has official relationships with both the United Nations, World Health Organisation (WHO) and Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO). IDF has around 35 full time staff in its Brussels headquarters, a large number of expert volunteers and an expanding network of 7 regional offices.
IDF has recently decided to establish a programme on women and diabetes to support the 143 million women currently living with diabetes, and galvanise action for the 222 million women expected to have diabetes by 2030. The programme will aim to strengthen the evidence base on the burden of diabetes and gestational diabetes on women; raise awareness of and political commitment to women and diabetes as a priority global health and development issue; improve health systems sensitivity and responsiveness to the needs of women living with diabetes, and promote women and girls as key agents in diabetes prevention strategies.
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