On Thursday, March 13, at 11.00, the press center of the Interfax-Ukraine News Agency (8/5a Reitarska Street) will host a discussion entitled "About diabetes without fatal mistakes" on the role of the media in disseminating reliable (scientifically based) knowledge about diabetes.

The YouTube channel of the Ukrainian Diabetic Federation 'You are not alone' and the Diabetic School for Journalists and Bloggers will be presented, the topic of the first issue for World Kidney Day "Protect your heart and kidneys: find out why diabetes significantly increases the risk of heart disease and chronic kidney failure."

Invited Participants:

Executive Director of the Ukrainian Diabetic Federation, Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Candidate of Medical Sciences Natalia Kozhan (Epidemiology of Diabetes: a Factor of War);

Honorary President of the Ukrainian Diabetic Federation Bohdan Beniuk (Not only the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. The role of the media in forming a conscious attitude towards diabetes);

General Director of the CheckEye Innovation Platform Kyrylo Honcharuk (Digitalization + diabetes: consume innovations wisely);

MD, physician of the highest category, senior researcher, head of the diabetology department of the State Institution Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism named after V.P. Komisarenko of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine Liubov Sokolova; 

Moderator - Chairperson of the Board of the Ukrainian Diabetic Federation Valentyna Ocheretenko.

The event will be streamed on the Interfax-Ukraine YouTube channel.

Admission requires registration on the spot with press ID cards. Additional information by phone: (050) 385 8088.