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The first chapters have now been published in the December 2006 issue of Pediatric Diabetes. The draft chapters are for viewing and comments by ISPAD members to make our guidelines a true consensus.
Click here to find the files.
(You need to be logged in as a member to be able to read the draft chapters.) Please download and read them carefully. New files will be added as they are ready. Send comments, questions and suggestions to our membership mail members@ispad.org with a copy to the editor of respective chapter (address is listed in the chapter head). We have set a deadline of 2 weeks for commenting on each chapter after it has been circulated among the members.
For more information, please contact one of the four co-editors:
Peter Swift, Ragnar Hanas, Kim Donaghue, Georgeanna Klingensmith
See membership list for contact details.
ISPAD´s prizes for 2007 were presented at the annual meeting in Berlin, Germany. The ISPAD Prize for Achievement is the Society’s highest honour. It is awarded to any individual who has made outstanding contributions in the areas of SCIENCE, EDUCATION or ADVOCACY which have had a major impact on childhood and adolescent diabetes. The ISPAD Prize for Achievement (sponsored by Eli Lilly) may be awarded to members or non-members of ISPAD.

The 2007 Prize for Achievement was awarded to Teruo Kitagawa, Tolkyo, Japan. The ISPAD Young Investigator Award (sponsored by Medtronic) was awarded to Helge Ræder, Bergen, Norway, and the ISPAD Lestradet Prize for Education and Advocacy (sponsored by Lifescan) was awarded to Marg McGill, Sydney, Australia.