Advocating for better feet health outcomes for people living with diabetes.
In 2017, DFA developed and published the landmark document "The Australian DFD Strategy 2018-2022: The first step towards ending avoidable amputations within a generation". This strategic document set the national agenda for improving the lives of people with living with diabetes and has been used by stakeholders to guide their DFD activities. The strategy focuses on three key areas: Access to care, safe quality care, and research & development.
In November 2024, we launched the draft of the "2025-2030 National DFD Strategy" for public consultation, before the new Australian strategy for foot health and disease in diabetes 2030 was officially released in July 2025 for National Diabetes Week.
Each year, DFA supports National Diabetes Week, NAIDOC Week, World Diabetes Day and more to help highlight their national and international advocacy objectives. And from 2024, diabetes feet health is getting its very own national annual day, where the focus is first and foremost on feet!
12 November marks national Diabetes Feet Day which provides the opportunity for health professionals, researchers, and those living with diabetes-related foot disease to be involved, have their say, and help drive our national objective to improve the outcomes for those living with diabetes-related foot disease. Click below to learn more about our 2024 and 2025 campaigns.
DFA develop and release free education for health professionals to stay up-to-date with the latest in evidence-based clinical practice, learn from global DFD experts, and focus on the latest in both national and international DFD research. Through our DF Learn Platform we offer free clinical and research focused webinars and podcasts which focus on evidence-based care and practical implementation into practice.
We developed the 2021 evidence-based Australian Guidelines for Diabetes-related foot disease. Provide a range of digital resources for both health professionals and those at-risk and living with diabetes-related foot disease. And also host the largest DFD Conference for DFD health professionals in the southern hemisphere every two years attended by 400 delegates from across Australia, NZ and internationally featuring international and national DFD multi-disciplinary experts.
Diabetes Feet Australia focus on publications that provide better feet health outcomes for people living with diabetes. We developed and released the 2021 Australian DFD Guidelines for the first time in a decade. Published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, the guidelines provide health professionals with multidisciplinary best practice standards of care for the provision of DFD care within Australia with both a digital app and paper versions freely available to use.
We have also published the 2018 Footwear guidelines, the 2030 National DFD Strategy, the 2018-2022 National DFD Strategy and published the findings from a major research project investigating priority research questions according to Australian stakeholders involved in diabetes-related foot health and disease. In addition, we make submissions to government inquiries, committees and peak bodies about diabetes-related feet health and disease.
We work closely with peak bodies and stakeholders at every level to develop programs, standards, education and to advocate for diabetes-related feet health. Through our valued industry partnerships, we work with like-minded DFD focused organisations, all working to achieve better foot outcomes for people living with diabetes.
Through our corporate partnership with URGO Medical, unrestricted grant funding has contributed towards the release of the 2021 National DFD Guidelines Webinar launch series, the development of the digital & interactive DFD Guidelines platform for health professionals, and the 2023 Research Webinar Series. URGO Medical have also been our Official Conference Partner for our 2021, 2023 and 2025 DFA Conferences and our partner for Diabetes Feet Day 2024 and our 2025 National Guideline Launch and Practical Modules webinar series.
