World Diabetes Day Event
Join us on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (Washington, DC, EST) for the World Diabetes Day commemoration event. PAHO is organizing this webinar to highlight the burden of diabetes as a public health issue, and the challenges and opportunities in the Region to improve diabetes management. This webinar will also introduce new PAHO resources on diabetes, including the availability of diabetes medicines and technologies through the PAHO Strategic Fund.
Webinar objectives:
- Describe the burden of diabetes in the Americas;
- Present a new PAHO virtual course on diabetes for primary health care providers, along with other available educational resources;
- Highlight the PAHO Strategic Fund as a mechanism to expand access to diabetes medicines and technologies; and
- Share country perspectives on improving diabetes management.
RECORDING
How to participate
- DAY: Thursday, November 13, 2025
- TIME: 11:00 A.M. (EST or Washington, D.C. time) [check the local time in other cities at the end of this page]
- LANGUAGES: Spanish, English, and Portuguese with simultaneous translation.
- REGISTRATION: https://paho-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_09jWtlsvQfOsYOYjgdQ4Dw
Agenda
- 11:00 a.m. Welcome remarks
- Anselm Hennis, Director, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, PAHO
- 11:05 a.m. Diabetes in the Americas and educational resources at PAHO
- Carmen Antini, Advisor, Diabetes Prevention and Control, PAHO
- 11:25 a.m. Diabetes medicines and technologies in the PAHO Strategic Fund
- Christopher Lim, Chief, PAHO Strategic Fund for Public Health Supplies, PAHO
- 11:45 a.m. Countries' perspectives on improving diabetes management in primary care
- Jisela Ibarra, Head of the Adult Health Section, Department of Health and Comprehensive Care for the Population, General Directorate of Public Health, Ministry of Health of Panama.
- 12:00 p.m. Closing remarks
- Silvana Luciani, Unit Chief, Noncommunicable Diseases, Violence, and Injury Prevention, PAHO
Time in other cities
- 8:00 a.m. – Los Angeles, Vancouver
- 10:00 a.m. – Belmopan, Guatemala City, Mexico City, Managua, San José (CR), San Salvador, Tegucigalpa
- 11:00 a.m. – Bogotá, Panama City, Kingston, Havana, Lima, Nassau, Ottawa, Port-au-Prince, Quito, Washington D.C.
- 12:00 p.m. – Bridgetown, Caracas, Castries, Georgetown, La Paz, Port of Spain, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Saint George´s, Saint John´s
- 1:00 p.m. – Asunción, Buenos Aires, Brasilia, Montevideo, Paramaribo, Santiago
- 5:00 p.m. – Geneva, Madrid
- For other cities, check the local time at this link.
