DAWN (Diabetes attitudes, wishes and needs)

DAWN

(Diabetes attitudes, wishes and needs)

DAWN (Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs) is a global programme to improve psychosocial support for people with diabetes.

The challenges of living with diabetes

Despite the growing quality and availability of treatment, most people with diabetes still don’t achieve optimum blood sugar control. The resulting long-term complications are burdensome for both patients and society. In many cultures, the disease is still seen as so debilitating that people with diabetes have no hope of leading healthy, productive lives.

This calls for not only the best medicines and delivery systems but also the best education and patient support methods. That is what DAWN is all about.

Focusing on the person behind the disease

DAWN was initiated to increase the understanding of how people perceived their diabetes in order to develop better outcomes for treatment.

Today DAWN is a catalyst to engage and empower healthcare professionals, people with diabetes, organisations and decision makers to focus on the psychosocial as well as medical challenges of diabetes.

DAWN focuses on the person behind the disease. In the end, it is all about giving people with diabetes the individual support and coaching they need to master their disease in daily life and deal with both the medical and psychosocial challenges it brings.