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Uroš Bogdanović

5 March 2025

Uroš Bogdanović is an attorney-at-law with a degree from University of Belgrade, based in Serbia. As a person living with type 1 diabetes since his early teenage years, he has been a passionate diabetes advocate and active member of the European diabetes community for more than a decade. Uroš serves as a board member of the Diabetes Association of Serbia and is a founding member of International Diabetes Federation Europe’s YOURAH initiative of youth advocates. As an observer to the IDF Europe Board of Directors (2021–2024) advocating for better representation of the youth community, he was instrumental in the introduction of a dedicated position of a youth representative on the Board.

Hi, I’m Uroš and I’ve lived with type 1 diabetes for more than half of my life. I’m a passionate diabetes advocate, pleading for better quality of and access to care for people living with diabetes. I hope that our work within the Heart & Kidney Care Alliance will have a meaningful and positive impact to the lives of people living with chronic metabolic conditions around the globe.
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