Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Type 1 diabetes is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in Brazil
- ANAD – Associação Nacional de Atenção ao DiabetesANAD – Associação Nacional de Atenção ao Diabetes: patient organisation in Brazil, national association for people with diabetes; member of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).All of Brazil
- Associação de Diabetes Juvenil (ADJ)Associação de Diabetes Juvenil (ADJ): patient organisation in Brazil, information and services incl. a retinopathy programme; member of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).All of Brazil
- Instituto da Criança com Diabetes (ICD)Instituto da Criança com Diabetes (ICD): charity in Brazil, care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes in Porto Alegre; member of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).All of Brazil
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in Brazil and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Type 1 diabetes.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Type 1 diabetes to compare with. Family and friends can help.