IDF Europe June Newsletter 2023
International Diabetes Federation Europe
The European advocate for people with diabetes, engaging all stakeholders to create a person-centred diabetes ecosystem.
Despite the progress in the understanding and treatment of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), each year, more than one million people living with T2D die prematurely in Europe, due to potentially preventable complications of their condition. This is the equivalent of three jumbo jets crashing every single day – a catastrophe no-one would ever accept. And yet, when it comes to the premature death of one million people living with T2D, there is no international outcry and no sense of urgency to act.?
We know that this catastrophe can be averted and that life-altering complications can be delayed or prevented by identifying, diagnosing and treating people early. Why are we not acting? Why are we not putting evidence into practice??
To reduce the burden of T2D on individuals, healthcare systems and society, we need to overhaul existing models of care and adopt a holistic approach to T2D that incorporates all strategies available today to provide the best quality of care to PwD.???
Empowering PwD and placing them at the centre of their care, improving access to diabetes education, peer support programmes, disease-modifying medications and technologies as well as strengthening primary care, are all crucial to improve health outcomes and quality of life for people living with T2D.?
We need immediate, concerted and radical change to re-design our healthcare systems, to integrate evidence into practice and to remove the barriers that are preventing the effective prevention and management of T2D and that are leading to an unacceptable number of people experiencing a loss in quality of life and dying prematurely.???
Participants in the IDF Europe Youth Leadership Lab 2023 met online on June 7 and June 17 in the lead up to the camp in Bulgaria (July 9-15).
The Fédération Fran?aise des Diabétiques (FFD) calls for an ambitious national strategy for food, nutrition and climate.
IDF Europe, APDP (Diabetes Portugal) and the FFD are collaborating on a project funded by Healthy Food Healthy Planet initiative to explore plant-based diets in diabetes management. Read more
On June 6, IDF Europe held a hybrid event to officially launch a new publication, “Type 2 Diabetes: a preventable catastrophe?”.??
On June 7, IDF Europe supported a Breakfast Debate at the European Parliament on European collaborative effort in diabetes research, hosted by MEP Dan Nica and organised by JDRF and the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI).?
On June 10-11, IDF Europe’s Board Members met in Athens to review the organisation’s activities and strategy for the coming months and plan the next Regional Council in November.
During the 59th EASD Annual Meeting on October 2-6, IDF Europe will hold a symposium on how to mobilise PwD, HCPs and policy makers to prevent diabetes and its complications.?
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As part of our Centenary of Insulin Campaign 2021-2024, IDF Europe is developing a series of country profiles that provide a snapshot of diabetes care in each European country.
Six member organisations are participating in IDF Europe's twinning programme to maximise the impact of their activities by connecting, giving and receiving support.??
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On the occasion of World Refugee Day, IDF Europe raised awareness of the need to ensure that all refugees living with diabetes have uninterrupted access to all diabetes medicines, supplies and devices that they require to achieve optimal health outcomes.?
On May 31, IDF Europe submitted its contribution to the European Commission’s proposal to revise the current directive on driving licences.?The new proposal suggests extending the validity of PwD's driving licences from 5 to 10 years.
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Prof. Jo?o Raposo, APDP Medical Director and IDF Europe Board member, contributed as an expert to the SANT committee hearing on preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) to support the development of the committee's own initiative Report.
Watch the recording here
WHO/Europe published a policy paper titled "Population health management in primary health care: a proactive approach to improve health and well-being".
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It is with deep regret that we have learned that Sarah Hills passed away in April 2023.?Sarah was the Executive Director of the Alliance for European Diabetes Research (EURADIA).
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On July 1, Spain took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the next six months. The key priorities of the Spanish presidency are to boost the culture of prevention and health promotion in the EU, reinforce the capacities of health systems and develop new community strategies in pathologies prevalent in Europe.
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WHO/Europe and EPHA?signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen their partnership.
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On June 21, IDF Europe Director, Strategy and Policy, Sabine Dupont, participated in a webinar introducing the next phase of the EU-funded research project, Trials@Home, which focuses on the conditions for decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) in Europe.?
Watch the webinar here
The first edition of the DigiCare4You newsletter became available in June! IDF Europe is part of this Horizon2020 project, which aims to improve the early prevention and management of T2D and hypertension.
MEP Kate?ina Kone?ná, submitted, in collaboration with other MEP supporters and IDF Europe, a written question to the European Commission, regarding its response to the Resolution text. ??
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