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The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) is an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its mission is to lead the fight against diabetes mellitus by helping Canadians with diabetes live healthy lives while work is continued to find a cure. The Association performs their mission by: * Providing people with diabetes and healthcare professionals with education and services, * Advocating on behalf of people with diabetes, * Supporting research, and * Translating research into practical applications. Lead. Live. Cure is a strategic plan developed in 2012-2014 and it helps to achieve their mission. It was developed by both the constituents and external stakeholders of the Association.〔Mission. (n.d.). Canadian Diabetes Association. Retrieved August 12, 2014, from http://www.diabetes.ca/about-cda/mission.〕 Lead- represents the core values they follow to fight against diabetes. The aim is to educate leaders and citizens as well as funding major research that may help to being the next medical breakthrough. Live- is basically a long term strategy which aims to help people with diabetes. It promotes healthy living. Provides everyone with the education and resources to reach the goals. It specifically deals with camps for children with type 1 diabetes. Cure- represent for old tradition of excellence and innovation. It helps to fund Canada’s most talented scientist in a quest to have a diabetes free world. Their aim is to always fund researches, and treatments which are trying to find a cure. == History == Insulin was first extracted by Frederick Banting who worked as a medical practitioner in London, Ontario during 1921. Initially, he discovered the treatment for diabetes by extracting insulin from a pancreas. It took him several months of experimentation until insulin was ready for human use. His partner with this research was Charles Best. On January 23 1922, there was a first successful test on a human patient who had diabetes. There were a lot of patients who suffered from diabetes, and who were available for treatment, in Canada. Thus, Dr. Best realized it was better to dedicate a whole organization towards treating the disease. In 1940’s, the Diabetic Association of Ontario was formed. Later on, a national level of organization was formed called the Canadian Diabetes Association in 1953.〔Mission. (n.d.). Canadian Diabetes Association. Retrieved August 12, 2014, from http://www.diabetes.ca/about-cda/mission.〕 Founded in 1953, the Association is active in more than 150 Canadian communities. It offers programs and services to include advocacy and diabetes research, summer camps for children living with type 1 diabetes, public education, outreach to high-risk groups, Healthy Living Series and symposia. Since 1975 and the establishment of the Charles H. Best Research Fund named for insulin co-discoverer and Association co-founder Charles Best the Association has awarded more than $100 million in grants to scientists who have dedicated their research to the fight against diabetes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canadian Diabetes Association」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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