AURORA, Ontario, Aug. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Tuesday August 27, JDRF Canada will host a community forum to address the need for access to affordable type 1 diabetes (T1D) technologies for the more than 300,000 Canadians living with the disease who are otherwise burdened with crushing out-of-pocket costs that can amount to up to $15,000 every year per person.
Part of JDRF’s recently launched #AccessforAll campaign, the local ‘Technology and Diabetes: Access for All’ event provides an opportunity for residents to come together to discuss public coverage issues and to encourage adding advanced glucose monitor devices to public programs in Ontario.
What: | Technology and Diabetes: Access for All community forum | |
When: | Tuesday, August 27, 2019 | |
Media should please check-in at the registration desk located in the Magna Room | ||
Time: | 7:00pm to 8:30pm | |
Where: | Aurora Public Library, 15145 Yonge St., Aurora, ON | |
Who: | Dr. Nancy Tout, Head of Research & Development, Syngenta Canada; | |
JDRF Ambassadors, Ann-Marie and Teagan Hulse; | ||
MP Leona Alleslev of Aurora — Oak Ridges — Richmond Hill; | ||
Mayor Tom Mrakas of Aurora; | ||
Mayor John Taylor of Newmarket; | ||
Coun. Sandra Humfryes; | ||
Coun. Wendy Gaertner; | ||
JDRF representative, Abidah Shamji, National Manager, Government Relations and Advocacy | ||
Online: | jdrf.ca, jdrf.ca/accessforall, #AccessforAll, JDRF Canada Facebook, JDRF Canada Instagram | |
JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research.
With an estimated 96,570 people living with type 1 diabetes in Ontario, a large number of Aurora residents are battling the following realities associated with T1D:
For more information about the Technology and Diabetes: Access for All community forum and upcoming locations and dates, learn more about this pressing Canadian health issue, or to arrange interviews and/or photo opportunities please contact:
Soledad Vega
Marketing & Communications Manager at JDRF Canada
C: (647) 459-7881
svega@jdrf.ca
About JDRF Canada
JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research. Our goal is to raise funds to support the most advanced international type 1 diabetes research and progressively remove the impact of this disease from people’s lives – until we achieve a world without type 1 diabetes. JDRF collaborates with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to better treat, prevent, and eventually cure type 1 diabetes. JDRF is the largest charitable funder of and advocate for research to cure, prevent and treat T1D in the world. For more information, please visit jdrf.ca.