Corporate Body
Diabetes Australia (1957 - )
- From
- 1957
- Functions
- Advocacy, Diabetes and Health Industry
- Alternative Names
- Australia Diabetes Federation (ADF) (Former name, 1957 - 1987)
- Website
- https://diabetesaustralia.com.au
Summary
Diabetes Australia is the leading diabetes advocacy organisation in Australia. It was founded in 1957 as the Diabetes Federation of Australia (DFA) at a meeting of existing state-based diabetes associations from New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania. The diabetes associations in Western Australia and Queensland joined in the 1960s, and Canberra in 1971. State and Territory associations serve as self-help, support, advocacy and educational groups for people with diabetes, at risk of diabetes, or caring for someone with diabetes. Diabetes Australia was established to represent these groups at a national level and to the International Diabetes Federation. In 1987 the Federation changed its name to Diabetes Australia.
Details
The National Diabetes Service Scheme (NDSS) is an Australian Federal Government Scheme in administered by Diabetes Australia and state and territory-based Diabetes organisations, it was established in 1987. It provides information, services, and subsidised products to support people living with, at risk of, or caring for someone with diabetes.
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Participates in
Published resources
Books
- Martin, F. I. R., A History of Diabetes in Australia (Melbourne: Miranova Publishers, 1998), 186 pp. Details
Resource Sections
- Diabetes Australia, 'Our history', in Diabetes Australia, 2015. https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/about-us/history. Details
Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn
Created: 29 January 2019, Last modified: 1 September 2026