Towards an EU Framework for Diabetes: 2006 Achievements

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Towards an EU Framework for Diabetes2006
Achievements Next Steps Anne-Marie
FeltonChairman FENDVice President IDF
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Our EU Objective

• To develop a European Framework for diabetes in
  the form of an EU Council Recommendation for
  Diabetes Prevention, Diagnosis and Control, which
  benefits EU citizens suffering from and affected
  by the disease.

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Rationale For An EU Recommendation

• An EU Council Recommendation would encourage
  Member States to
• Establish Diabetes as a priority disease in their
  national health policy
• Ensure public awareness of Diabetes prevention
  and management of risks and complications through
  public campaigns
• Share European best practice for prevention,
  screening and disease management policy
• Ensure proper Diabetes Nurse and Physician
  training programmes
• Establish screening programmes for early
  detection of the disease for all at-risk citizens
• Establish Disease Control Policy, based on the
  management of blood pressure, blood lipids and
  blood glucose levels at an early stage.

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Austrian EU Presidency (Jan-Jun 2006)
Maria Rauch-Kallat (Austrian Minister for
Health), Anne-Marie Felton (FEND), Dr. Michael
Hall (IDF Europe)
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Our Success (Jan-Jun 2006)
European Parliament Written Declaration on
Diabetes
Adopted April 2006 with an absolute majority (422
MEP signatures)
EP Press Conference with John Bowis Dorette
Corbey MEP April 2006, Brussels
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Our Success (Jan-Jun 2006)
EU Health Council Conclusions on Healthy
Lifestyles and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
(June 2006)

• Member States to
• Develop and implement national diabetes framework
  plans
• Improve the collection and reporting of diabetes
  epidemiological and economic data
• Adopt a multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary
  approach to managing diabetes
• Develop comprehensive diabetes training for all
  healthcare professionals.
• European Commission to
• prioritise diabetes
• promote best practice through networking and
  exchange
• facilitate and support European diabetes research.

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Key Communications Tools
The Diabetes Policy Audit
EU Policy Recommendations
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Planned Actions 2007

• The significant achievements over the last year
  are the result of a successful partnership
  between FEND and IDF Europe working together for
  targeted EU (and national) advocacy
• We have put diabetes on the EU health agenda -
  the challenge now is to keep it there!
• Future EU action on diabetes will only occur if
  we ensure this sustained level of advocacy it
  does need us all to work together
• 2007 activities will be targeted at the EUs
  institutions and national governments

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Planned Actions 2007

• European Commission
• Objectives
• To establish diabetes as a priority in the
  Commissions Work Programme and encourage DG
  Sanco to begin developing/drafting an EU Council
  Recommendation on diabetes.
• Position diabetes in all relevant European
  Commission initiatives e.g. EU Health Portal, EU
  Public Health Programme (2007-2013), EU Platform
  on Diet, Physical Activity and Health (Obesity
  Platform)
• Planned Actions
• Meetings with Commissioner Kyprianou Cabinet/DG
  Sanco
• Active participation in EU Platform on Diet,
  Physical Activity and Health.

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Planned Actions 2007

• Council of Ministers
• Objectives
• During the German Presidency of the EU (Jan-Jun
  2007), to continue positioning diabetes as a
  priority in the promotion of healthy lifestyles.
• To work with the upcoming EU Presidencies -
  Portugal (Jul-Dec 2007) and Slovenia (Jan-Jun
  2008) to ensure continuity in any future EU
  action on diabetes.
• Planned Actions
• Meetings with German, Portuguese Slovenian
  Health Ministries/EU Health Attaches

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Planned Actions 2007

• European Parliament
• Objectives
• Use the Parliamentary Written Declaration and
  maintain pressure on the European Commission to
  initiate targeted policy action on diabetes.
• Planned Actions
• Follow up of the EP Written Declaration by key
  MEPs (Bowis, Corbey, Andrejevs) with the European
  Commission.
• Lobbying on the second reading the Public Health
  Action Programme (2007-2013) following
  significant reduction in the budget and removal
  of reference to disease-specific action on the
  major diseases.

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Planned Actions 2007

• National Governments
• Objectives
• Encourage implementation of the Councils
  Conclusions on Diabetes by all EU Member States
• Obtain political support at the Council of
  Ministers to support an EU strategy, including an
  EU Council Recommendation on diabetes
• Planned Actions
• Encourage, coordinate and follow up with member
  associations to maintain pressure on national
  Health Ministries

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UN Resolution for Diabetes an IDF Initiative
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Why a UN Resolution?

• pandemic will overwhelm health-care services
• solution requires whole-of-government
  implementation
• only the United Nations can address these issues
  on a global level

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Why diabetes?

• more than 200 million
• more than 333 million by 2025
• 150 increase in developing countries
• diabetes kills someone every 10 seconds
• nearly 400 billion international dollars by 2025

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What will it achieve?

• increased global awareness
• recognition of the humanitarian, social and
  economic burden
• prioritization of diabetes care
• implementation of cost-effective strategies
• development of preventative strategies
• recognition of special-needs groups

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The campaign

• top-down diplomatic efforts
• bottom-up global awareness campaign
• engage all diabetes stakeholders
• unite the entire global diabetes community
• bring diabetes out of the shadows

Reach 1 billion people
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IDF Global Unite for Diabetes Campaign
United Nations Resolution on Diabetes Adopted
20th December 2006
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United Nations Resolution on Diabetes

• Calls for
• November 14th, the current IDF World Diabetes
  Day, to become a United Nations Day to be
  observed every year starting in 2007.
• All nations to develop national policies for the
  prevention, treatment and care of diabetes in
  line with sustainable development of their
  healthcare systems

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United Nations Resolution on Diabetes
1. Decides to designate 14 November, the current
World Diabetes Day, as a United Nations Day, to
be observed every year beginning in 2007 2.
Invites all Member States, relevant organizations
of the United Nations system and other
international organizations, as well as civil
society including non-governmental organizations
and the private sector, to observe World Diabetes
Day in an appropriate manner, in order to raise
public awareness on diabetes and related
complications as well as on its prevention and
care, including through education and the mass
media 3. Encourages Member States to develop
national policies for the prevention, treatment
and care of diabetes in line with the sustainable
development of their health-care systems, taking
into account the internationally agreed
development goals including the Millennium
Development Goals 4. Requests the
Secretary-General to bring the present resolution
to the attention of all Member States and
organizations of the United Nations system.
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Planned Actions 2007

• Phase 2 Celebrating the Resolution
• Promotion AwarenessChairman A M Felton
• Phase 3 Implementation of Resolution
• Chairman Jean-Claude Mbanya

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