𝘋𝘐𝘞𝘈𝘚 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘜𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 2025” 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯
Chennai: DIWAS, the not for profit organization dedicated to the prevention and care of diabetes, gestational diabetes and non-communicable diseases in girls and women, conducted the “ Diabetes Update 2025” on Feb 8 and 9 in Chennai. DIWAS partnered with the George Institute, the Global health organization based in India, China, UK and Australia. (L to R) Dr Usha Sriram, Founder of DIWAS; Prof Jane Hirst, Chair of Global Women’s Health at Imperial College London The conference focused on three specific areas. Obesity in women of reproductive age, diabetes and pregnancy and diabetes and women. Prof Jane Hirst, Chair of Global Women’s health at Imperial College London delivered the DIWAS oration . She spoke of Pregnancy as a window to future chronic disease and highlighted the critical need to follow up women who have had high risk pregnancies. She said that “we have known for some time that complications of pregnancy identify women at risk of developing conditions su...