Diabetes is a rapidly accelerating public health crisis demanding immediate policy attention. It’s an emergency hiding in plain sight: Ιn Europe today, 1 in 11 adults (or 61m people) live with diabetes; this is more than the population of Italy.
Francesc Xavier Cos Claramunt is the Chairman of Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE). Bart Torbeyns is the Executive Director of European Diabetes Forum (EUDF).
Based on 2021 data, approximately 1 in 20 Europeans (or 21.9 million people) were living with undiagnosed diabetes and were not receiving any treatment. By the time of diagnosis, many have already developed one or more complications.
Early detection of diabetes is important, as timely and adequate
diabetes management could prevent or delay complications, comorbidity,
poor quality of life and premature death, as such contributing
substantially to decreasing the burden of diabetes for individuals,
health systems and societies. Ler mais
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