INDUSTRY

Symposia organised NovoNordisk

Friday 6 November, 08:00 – 09:00, Session Hall 3

Speakers      

Santiago Ribelles Garcia

Jake Figi

Description

Most of what is known about the incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in children and adolescents is derived from registries in high-income countries. Across many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, primary incidence data remain scarce or absent, and current estimates rely largely on modelling and extrapolation from other settings.
The Global Collaborative for Changing Diabetes in Children (GC-CDiC), led by the Health Systems Innovation Lab at Harvard University, is addressing this critical evidence gap by generating primary clinical data on children and adolescents with T1D across an expanding network of LMICs, in close collaboration with local researchers. This session will present the GC-CDiC Global Incidence Study and its first results, including new incidence estimates derived from primary data collected in countries where previously published primary incidence data have been limited or unavailable. The session will also introduce the Collaborative, describe the development of the global cohort and its methodology, and discuss how these new data can strengthen the evidence base for understanding the global burden of childhood T1D and inform future research and planning.

Programme

15 min | Breakfast & Welcome
Arrival, breakfast and informal networking
10 min | Changing Diabetes® in Children (CDiC)
Introduction to CDiC, innovating global solutions for type 1 diabetes in low-resource settings and advancing evidence generation.
15 min | The Global Collaborative for Changing Diabetes in Children (GC-CDiC)
From CDiC to a global collaborative: objectives, participating countries, cohort development and progress to date
20 min | The GC-CDiC Global Incidence Study: First Results from Primary Data
Presentation of the Global Incidence Study and new childhood T1D incidence estimates based on primary data from low- and middle-income countries