Our Mission

To improve the health and well-being of all San Diego county residents at-risk or living with diabetes by facilitating high quality diabetes care that includes education and prevention.

The Coalition's work will be epitomized by:

Welcome

On behalf of Dr. Rodrigo Munoz, past president of the San Diego County Medical Society and Dr. Bud Beck, Senior Consultant, Scripps Health, co-chairs of the San Diego Diabetes Coalition, we would like to welcome you to our website. Diabetes-sandiego.org was created to trasmit, share and gather diabetes information and resources that are beneficial to individuals, families, policy makers, businesses and area residents living in San Diego county with hopes of transforming how we, the community, respond to this chronic disease.

The San Diego Diabetes Coalition first met on May 24, 2004 with the intent for its public/private business, agency and organization members to collaborate their needed resources to care for all people with diabetes in San Diego county with hopes of decreasing the severe consequences of this disease if left uncontrolled. After another year of organizational discussions and increased membership, the Coalition decided that it needed formalize its structure. With an initial grant from the County of San Diego's Health and Human Services Agency, the Coalition's Steering Committee was able to hire staff to lead the organization through a strategic planning process to identify and implement a countywide response with tangible outcomes. We invite you to browse this developing site to find out more about our organization and learn more ways on how you can get involved with reducing the threat of diabetes in our lifetime.

Sincerely,

Dr. Bud Beck, Co-Chair,
San Diego Diabetes Coalition