15/10/2026
💡🌏【𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 | 𝐀 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐃𝐌 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚-𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜】
Today marks a milestone occasion: the official launch of the 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚-𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐃𝐌 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦.
✍🏻✋🏻𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 We were privileged to witness leading specialists and institutions across the region come together with a collective commitment to advancing gestational diabetes mellitus research to benefit women and families throughout the Asia-Pacific.
𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐊.𝐋. 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍: “To improve the understanding, diagnosis and management of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus across the Asia-Pacific through rigorous, collaborative research that reflects the biological and clinical heterogeneity of GDM, generates evidence relevant to Asian populations, and supports more precise, practical and effective care for women during pregnancy and beyond.”
This multidisciplinary network brings together expertise spanning GDM phenotyping, multi-omics technologies, continuous glucose monitoring, clinical trials, digital health, and long-term maternal and child health. Its central objective is to ensure clinical recommendations for Asian women are grounded in evidence derived from Asian populations.
The programme also included regional overviews from East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Oceania, publication insights shared by Dr. Giovanna DEL VECCHIO (BMC Medicine), and an in-depth discussion on continuous glucose monitoring during Session 6.
We extend our sincere gratitude to all speakers, session chairs, delegates and partner institutions. This represents only the start of our collaborative endeavour to improve maternal and child health outcomes across the Asia-Pacific region. 🙆🏻♀️💖