About DCB 
The Diabetes Center Berne (DCB) is a private, independent Swiss foundation established in 2017 with the aim of making life with diabetes easier. DCB supports ideas and projects in the field of diabetes technology worldwide by providing expertise, access to clinical research facilities and its own laboratories as well as financial resources. The aim is to work in partnership to bring them a big step closer to market entry. The work of the DCB is not profit-orientated – the goal is new findings and innovations in diabetes management as well as a lively community. 

About “Day of the Sick” 
The “Day of the Sick” is a non-profit organisation that was founded in 1939. Its members include patient organisations as well as health leagues, industry and professional associations, the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health Directors (GDK) and other associations and federations active in the healthcare sector.  
Once a year, the “Day of the Sick” sensitises the population to a special topic in the area of health and illness. It aims to help promote relationships between the sick and the healthy, create understanding for the needs of the sick and remind people of the duties of the healthy towards the sick. It is also committed to recognising the activities of all those who work professionally and privately on behalf of patients and the sick.