Bernadette
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Interested, curious, tenacious. Executive Director @ Diabetes Africa, Pharmacist
Joined September 2011
The Diabetes Africa UK Forum is back for its 3rd year — bringing together experts & community leaders to advance equity in diabetes care for Black populations. Join us to move the conversation forward✊🏿 Get your early bird ticket now👉🏿 https://t.co/oNk7EYdbGx
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Equity in access-based on colour of your skin- to technology, medicine and all interventions in #Diabetes care is a must And it’s as complicated as we make it Look forward to the @diabetes_africa meeting in November The work and progress must and will continue It is
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“One reason we don’t have enough diabetes research in Black communities? Bias.” Steven Parks, Research Manager at @DiabetesUK, explains that researchers tend to study people who look like them which can then leave others out.
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🚨 Now Live: Help Shape a New Health App! Living with diabetes & kidney disease? On dialysis or had a transplant? 💙 Take our 10-min survey 📱 Help design a person-centred app 👥 Optional: join a workshop 👉 https://t.co/PC3cX0IoKh
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Up to 180 health and care professionals, policymakers, researchers, and community leaders will commit to advancing equity in diabetes care for Black populations later this year. Will you be one of them? Early bird tickets are available now: https://t.co/60CM9C3euI
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It was a pleasure to see our Executive Director, Bernadette Adeyileka-Tracz, present on the Diabetes Footcare in Dark Skin Tones handbook at the Primary Care Show today. #PrimaryCareShow
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Diabetes can impact men in ways we don’t always see. So let’s discuss it. Join Dr Joan St John and Dr Raymond Ladele, GPwER in diabetes, for an honest conversation about the impact of diabetes in men. Register: https://t.co/n8FehtKTA3
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👣Spotting diabetes foot complications in dark skin tones: when the ‘red flag’ might not be red Watch the full session now: https://t.co/Gsb5R0wC5y
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(1/2) Diabetes Health Matters with Dr Joan St John wins at the Black Health Inequalities Summit! We'd like to give a massive thank you to each of the fantastic speakers who have contributed to the series over the years, and for the kind hands-off sponsorship from @EliLillyandCo
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For people of Black heritage living with diabetes, delays in eye and kidney screening are having serious consequences. Why is this happening, and how can we change it? Watch the full session from the Diabetes Africa UK Forum now: https://t.co/8iurdZ1v3m
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Attending #dukpc2025? Join me to raise more awareness of how to recognise early signs of damage in dark skin tone. Empowering patients and carers to check for early signs of damage = preventing late foot complications @Wounds_UK @diabetes_africa @SkinToneTool
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Attending your diabetes-related eye screening appointment is important, but why? Register for our online event tonight to find out all about diabetes and your eyes. Register: https://t.co/Tia3YjtGLy
@Roche Products Ltd provided a financial grant to partially fund this activity
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“If you look at this data and you haven't done a single thing to correct it, the term is called racism.” – Prof. @parthaskar doesn’t hold back. If the data is clear, could we be doing more? Watch the full session here: https://t.co/Ab12WcnTgH
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Barbara Hudson, Nurse Specialist in diabetes, puts it simply: “Diabetes technology enhances lives.” - so how far are we willing to go to break down barriers and make diabetes technology accessible for all? Watch the full session now: https://t.co/PwRZL25Tzk
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📸 You can now check out our event gallery from the 2024 UK Forum! See what we got up to during our advancing equity in diabetes event: https://t.co/sgQErEhE60
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Today we provided the 1st session of our ‘2️⃣ Steps to CGM’ programme to #HCPs working in @GortonCentre
@dexcom and @FreeStyleLibre covered in the same session 🤩 We included the importance of advancing equity and the work of @diabetes_africa Lots of great delegate feedback🗣️
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Thank you @diabetes_africa, for a wonderful conference. It was a pleasure presenting on diabetes & kidney disease with such an amazing panelist. There were so many great sessions to learn from, and excellent networking opportunities that created a space for meaningful discussions
Thank you to the incredible speakers and delegates who attended the Diabetes Africa UK Forum conference yesterday! Your input and insights are vital to improving diabetes outcomes for UK Black populations. Huge thank you also to our UK Forum sponsors and partners! #EquityNow
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Thank you @diabetes_africa for the kind invite We keep working-with hope in our hearts The gaps have closed in #CGM 👍🏽 Now we do it with #ClosedLoops 🙏🏽 Access to ALL Irrespective of colour of your skin Onwards 💙 (And yup, leather jacket for a @NHSEngland presentation 😎)
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Fab @RoyColPod conference #Podiatry2024 hearing about an excellent resource from @diabetes_africa aimed at supporting clinicians to identify red flag sx in different coloured skin. Will also be GREAT for @ParamedicsUK members. Download ⬇️ https://t.co/fZq5gCvb10
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