{"id":18664,"date":"2011-08-04T09:36:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T13:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=18664"},"modified":"2016-01-06T01:16:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T06:16:02","slug":"a-letter-to-president-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asweetlife.org\/?p=18664","title":{"rendered":"A Letter to President Barack Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President \u00a0Barack \u00a0Obama<\/p>\n

The \u00a0White \u00a0House<\/p>\n

1600 \u00a0Pennsylvania \u00a0Ave \u00a0NW<\/p>\n

Washington, \u00a0DC \u00a020500<\/p>\n

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Dear \u00a0Mr. \u00a0President: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, request that you attend the United Nations High-\u00adLevel Summit on Non-\u00adCommunicable Diseases (NCD) in September to push for better health for all of those living with diabetes.<\/p>\n

This September, you and your fellow political leaders will have a once-\u00adin-\u00ada-\u00adgeneration opportunity to halt a global epidemic that is killing and disabling millions of people, impoverishing families, and undermining economic progress. The UN NCD Summit is a chance for the Government of the United States of America to play a leading global role in confronting this major threat to the health, prosperity and security of all of us and future generations.<\/p>\n

Together, the four major NCDs \u2013 diabetes, cancer, heart disease and chronic respiratory disease \u2013 are the world\u2019s number one killer. It is estimated that some 35 million people die from NCDs each year, \u00a0and 14 million of these deaths could be averted or delayed. Diabetes alone creates a huge burden – over 300 million people worldwide have diabetes now, and that figure will reach half a billion within a generation if we do not act now. One dollar in every eight spent across the world on healthcare last year went on diabetes \u2013 a staggering USD378 billion in total. No country rich or poor is immune from the impact. In the US alone, there are 25.8 million people with diabetes, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that by 2050, US prevalence will rise to as many as one in three Americans. EVERY one of us knows someone touched by diabetes.<\/p>\n

As a group of committed diabetes advocates, we ask you to attend the UN Summit and work with other political leaders to take action. We have attached the NCD Alliance\u2019s(1)<\/span> proposals for the Summit outcomes, which we believe should be the basis of the political response to NCDs. The global failure to invest in NCDs has led to the current crisis, yet we have cost-\u00adeffective solutions that can save lives and make economic sense. These include action on prevention and diagnosis as well as universal access to affordable, high-\u00adquality essential medicines and medical technologies. We are also calling for the establishment of a Stop NCDs partnership to lead multi-\u00ad sectoral and coordinated\u00a0 action, and a UN Decade of Action on NCDs to implement the commitments governments will make at the UN Summit in New York. We would be pleased to provide your office with any further information in preparation for the UN Summit.<\/p>\n

NCDs such as diabetes affect us all. Diabetes increasingly strikes children, threatening international economic progress. But we are not powerless. We have achievable cost-\u00adeffective solutions. We need political leadership now to make them a reality. Please be a champion for Non-\u00adCommunicable Diseases by attending the UN Summit in September and safeguard the health and prosperity of future generations in the US and around the world.<\/p>\n

Yours \u00a0sincerely,<\/p>\n[All \u00a0signatures \u00a0on \u00a0file]\n

 <\/p>\n

Kelly \u00a0Close<\/strong> \u00a0(diaTribe)
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A \u00a0diabetes community \u00a0reaching \u00a0300,000 \u00a0each \u00a0month. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Riva \u00a0Greenberg<\/strong> \u00a0(The \u00a0Huffington \u00a0Post \u00a0and \u00a0DiabetesStories.com<\/a>)
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Sarah \u00a0Knotts<\/strong> \u00a0\u2013 \u00a0Insulin, \u00a0Glucose, \u00a0Test \u00a0Strip \u00a0Stories
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Irl \u00a0B. Hirsch<\/strong>, M.D.<\/strong> \u00a0(University \u00a0of \u00a0Washington \u00a0Med \u00a0Ctr-\u00adRoosevelt)<\/p>\n

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\nColumnist \u00a0at \u00a0dLife, \u00a01 \u00a0million+ \u00a0people \u00a0with \u00a0diabetes \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Lois \u00a0Jovanovi<\/strong>, \u00a0M.D.<\/strong>\u00a0 (Sansum \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0Research \u00a0Institute)
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James \u00a0S. \u00a0Hirsch<\/strong>
\nAuthor \u00a0of \u00a0“Cheating \u00a0Destiny: \u00a0Living \u00a0with \u00a0Diabetes” \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Bernard \u00a0Farrell<\/strong> \u00a0(Diaboogle.com<\/a> \u00a0and \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0Technology \u00a0Blog)
\nDiabetes answers for 1,000 people per month and \u00a0reviewing \u00a0technology for 3,000 readers\/month. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Scott \u00a0K. \u00a0Johnson<\/strong> \u00a0(scottsdiabetes.com<\/a>)
\nDiabetes \u00a0blog \u00a0reaching \u00a0thousands \u00a0per \u00a0month<\/em><\/p>\n

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Brandy \u00a0Barnes<\/strong> \u00a0(www.DiabetesSisters.org<\/a>)
\nA \u00a0national \u00a0non profit \u00a0organization \u00a0devoted \u00a0to \u00a0the \u00a0issues \u00a0faced \u00a0by \u00a0women \u00a0with \u00a0diabetes) \u00a0and \u00a0a \u00a0woman <\/em>who has lived with diabetes for more than 21 years. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Kelly \u00a0Booth<\/strong> \u00a0(kellywpa.wordpress.com<\/a>)
\nHelping \u00a0people \u00a0with \u00a0diabetes \u00a0complications \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Patient \u00a0Blogger, \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0Advocate, \u00a0and \u00a0Living \u00a0with \u00a0Type \u00a01 \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Michael \u00a0W. \u00a0Hoskins<\/strong> \u00a0(The \u00a0Diabetic’s \u00a0Corner \u00a0Booth<\/a>)
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\nPatient \u00a0blog \u00a0reaching \u00a0several \u00a0hundred \u00a0subscribers \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nPatient \u00a0blogger \u00a0and \u00a0community \u00a0manager \u00a0reaching \u00a0over \u00a019,000+ affected by diabetes. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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1,000+ \u00a0readers \u00a0and \u00a0counting \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Meri \u00a0Schuhmacher<\/strong> \u00a0(Our \u00a0Diabetic \u00a0Life<\/a>)
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Satish \u00a0K. \u00a0Garg, \u00a0MD<\/strong> \u00a0(Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of\u00a0 Colorado Denver)
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Jessica \u00a0Collins<\/strong> \u00a0(jess-\u00admeandd.blogspot.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Diabetes \u00a0blogger \u00a0and \u00a0advocate \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Allison \u00a0Blass<\/strong> \u00a0(Lemonade \u00a0Life<\/a>)
\nA \u00a0personal \u00a0blog \u00a0about \u00a0living \u00a0with \u00a0diabetes \u00a0serving \u00a05,000 \u00a0readers \u00a0a \u00a0month<\/em><\/p>\n

Leighann \u00a0Calentine<\/strong> \u00a0(D-\u00adMom \u00a0Blog<\/a>)
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Hope \u00a0Warshaw, \u00a0RD, \u00a0CDE<\/strong> \u00a0(www.hopewarshaw.com<\/a>)
\nDiabetes \u00a0educator, \u00a0author \u00a0with \u00a0nearly \u00a01 \u00a0million \u00a0books \u00a0in \u00a0print<\/em><\/p>\n

Nicolas \u00a0Cuttriss, \u00a0MD, \u00a0MPH<\/strong> \u00a0(www.ayudainc.net<\/a>)
\nEmpowering \u00a0youth \u00a0to \u00a0serve \u00a0as \u00a0agents \u00a0of \u00a0change \u00a0in \u00a0diabetes \u00a0communities \u00a0abroad \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Jane \u00a0Jeffrie \u00a0Seley, \u00a0DNP \u00a0MPH \u00a0MSN \u00a0BC-\u00adADM \u00a0CDE<\/strong> \u00a0(New \u00a0York \u00a0Presbyterian\/Weill \u00a0Cornell)<\/p>\n

Diabetes \u00a0Nurse \u00a0Practitioner \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Barry \u00a0H \u00a0Ginsberg, \u00a0MD, \u00a0PhD<\/strong>
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Prof. \u00a0Dr. \u00a0Lutz \u00a0Heinemann, \u00a0PhD<\/strong> \u00a0(Profil \u00a0Institut \u00a0f\u00fcr \u00a0Stoffwechselforschung \u00a0GmbH)<\/p>\n

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Bennet \u00a0Dunlap<\/strong> \u00a0(Your \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0May \u00a0Vary, \u00a0The \u00a0BetesNOW)
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Jay \u00a0Skyler, \u00a0MD<\/strong> \u00a0(University \u00a0of \u00a0Miami \u00a0Miller \u00a0School \u00a0of \u00a0Medicine, \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0Research \u00a0Institute)
\nProfessor \u00a0of \u00a0Medicine, \u00a0Pediatrics and \u00a0Psychology at \u00a0Associate Director for Academic Programs at \u00a0DRI \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Darrell \u00a0M \u00a0Wilson, \u00a0MD<\/strong> \u00a0(Stanford \u00a0University \u00a0and \u00a0the \u00a0Lucile \u00a0Packard \u00a0Children’s \u00a0Hospital)<\/p>\n

Professor \u00a0and \u00a0Chief, \u00a0Pediatric \u00a0Endocrinology \u00a0and \u00a0Diabetes<\/em><\/p>\n

Ginger \u00a0Vieira<\/strong> \u00a0(www.Living-\u00adin-\u00adProgress.com<\/a>)
\nType \u00a01 \u00a0diabetes \u00a0advocate, \u00a0vlogger, \u00a0author \u00a0and \u00a0health \u00a0coach. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee \u00a0Ann \u00a0Thill, \u00a0MA, \u00a0ATR-\u00adBC, \u00a0LPC<\/strong> \u00a0(www.thebuttercompartment.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Type1 \u00a0diabetic \u00a0for \u00a032 \u00a0yrs, \u00a0blogger, \u00a0art therapist, \u00a0diabetes\/mental \u00a0health \u00a0advocate, \u00a0artist. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mariela \u00a0Glandt, \u00a0MD<\/strong><\/p>\n

Endocrinology \u00a0Department, \u00a0Bronx-\u00adLebanon \u00a0Hospital<\/em><\/p>\n

Gonzalo \u00a0Bacigalupe, \u00a0EdD, \u00a0MPH<\/strong><\/p>\n

International \u00a0Health \u00a0Council \u00a0Representative at, Ikerbasque Research Professor, \u00a0Associate <\/em>Editor at \u00a0Family, Systems, & Health \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Sysy \u00a0Morales<\/strong> \u00a0(TheGirlsGuidetoDiabetes.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Encouraging \u00a010,000 \u00a0women \u00a0with \u00a0diabetes \u00a0to \u00a0live \u00a0their \u00a0best \u00a0life \u00a0every \u00a0month \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Kitty \u00a0Castellini<\/strong>, \u00a0Founder, \u00a0President \u00a0& \u00a0CEO \u00a0(Diabetes \u00a0Living \u00a0Today\u00ae)<\/p>\n

National \u00a0Broadcast \u00a0News \u00a0on \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0for \u00a0120,000 \u00a0with \u00a0diabetes \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Kathy \u00a0White<\/strong> \u00a0(kathy-\u00admynewislets.blogspot.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Islet \u00a0cell \u00a0transplant \u00a0recipient \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Anne \u00a0Findlay<\/strong> \u00a0(annetics, \u00a0Team \u00a0Type \u00a01 \u00a0cyclist)<\/p>\n

Advocating \u00a0for \u00a0healthier \u00a0living \u00a0through \u00a0exercise \u00a0for \u00a0people \u00a0with \u00a0diabetes \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Gretchen \u00a0Becker<\/strong> \u00a0(www.gretchenbecker.com)<\/a>
\nAuthor \u00a0of \u00a0“The \u00a0First \u00a0Year: \u00a0Type \u00a02 \u00a0Diabetes”<\/em><\/p>\n

Cheryl \u00a0Alkon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Author \u00a0of \u00a0Balancing \u00a0Pregnancy \u00a0With \u00a0Pre-\u00adExisting \u00a0Diabetes: \u00a0Healthy \u00a0Mom, \u00a0Healthy \u00a0Baby \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Ronnie \u00a0Gregory<\/strong> \u00a0(www.thepoordiabetic.com)<\/p>\n

Erin \u00a0D. \u00a0O’Neill \u00a0Argueta<\/strong> \u00a0(www.edonadesigns.blogspot.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Living \u00a0creatively \u00a0for \u00a0over \u00a039 \u00a0years \u00a0with \u00a0Type \u00a0I \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Cara \u00a0Richardson<\/strong> \u00a0(countrygirldiabetic.blogspot.com<\/a>)
\nEvery \u00a0Day, \u00a0Every \u00a0Hour, \u00a0Every \u00a0Minute <\/em><\/p>\n

Cheri \u00a0Pate<\/strong> \u00a0(princessladybug.blogspot.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Michael \u00a0Robinton<\/strong> \u00a0(Insulin \u00a0Pumpers)<\/p>\n

Executive \u00a0Director \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a01 \u00a0The \u00a0NCD \u00a0Alliance \u00a0comprises \u00a0the \u00a0International \u00a0Diabetes \u00a0Federation, \u00a0the \u00a0International \u00a0Union \u00a0Against \u00a0TB \u00a0and \u00a0Lung \u00a0Disease, \u00a0the \u00a0 Union \u00a0for \u00a0International \u00a0Cancer \u00a0Control, \u00a0and \u00a0the \u00a0World \u00a0Heart \u00a0Federation. \u00a0Together \u00a0the \u00a0NCD \u00a0Alliance \u00a0represents \u00a0900 \u00a0member \u00a0 associations \u00a0in \u00a0170 \u00a0countries: \u00a0www.ncdalliance.org<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>For the NCD Alliance web site click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Mr. President:
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