Asia Diabetes Foundation (ADF)

The Asia Diabetes Foundation (ADF) is a charitable organization developed to initiate and implement medical, scientific and academic research activities to collect and translate current evidence into prevention and control strategies for diabetes and other chronic diseases.

Through raising awareness, we shall empower patients and those at risk to be proactive in managing their own health needs. Using state-of-the-art information technology and evidence-based protocols, we shall support healthcare professionals to use a multidisciplinary approach to act swiftly to detect those at risk and reduce the adverse consequences of diabetes and chronic diseases.

• To empower patients and their support networks to be proactive in managing their own health and assist them to make informed decisions in attaining health targets.
• To develop and validate innovative chronic disease management models to make quality care accessible, affordable and sustainable.
• To develop and validate technologies to enhance risk stratification and personalized care in chronic disease management.
• To motivate, facilitate and guide multidisciplinary healthcare teams to use decision support tools in chronic care and to encourage effective use of resources.
• To create a virtual environment for ongoing data management to promote best practices and identify any treatment gaps.
• To organise educational programmes to increase awareness, amongst individuals at risk, patients and healthcare professionals, of the pressing need to translate evidence into practice in chronic disease management.