"Diabetes - The Policy Puzzle: Is Europe Making Progress?"
Third edition
The International Diabetes Federation-European Region (IDF Europe) and the Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND), together with Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE) and the European Alliance for Research in Diabetes (EURADIA), have collaborated in producing a whole-of-Europe audit – an advance on the 2008 edition – to document further the epidemic and the disparate national policies and practices that currently exist. It is available in pdf and flip page formats. (English)
"Diabetes - The Policy Puzzle: Is Europe Making Progress?"
The International Diabetes Federation – European Region (IDF Europe) and the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) are pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of their pan-European diabetes policy audit entitled: 'Diabetes - The Policy Puzzle: Is Europe Making Progress?’
Following the success of the first report carried out in 2005 ('Diabetes - The Policy Puzzle: Towards Benchmarking in the EU 25'), the second edition has been extended to cover the EU’s 27 member states plus an additional three countries – Croatia, Turkey and Kazakhstan. It also contains a special policy focus on high risk groups in these countries.
The 2008 report provides the latest evidence of the spiralling diabetes epidemic in Europe – now affecting over 31 million people in the EU - together with a comparative analysis of national diabetes policies and practices across Europe with a view to promoting best practice in the prevention, screening and management of the disease.
Based on the conclusions of this report, and the disappointing lack of progress made by countries since the last audit, IDF Europe and FEND continue to advocate for the need for EU policy action on diabetes.
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"The Policy Puzzle: Towards Benchmarking in the EU 25"
The International Diabetes Federation European Region (IDF Europe) and the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND), have joined forces to support this audit of diabetes across EU member states. It is presented as a contribution to EU politicians to the work of the Austrian Presidency in the first half of 2006 and beyond. The aim of this audit is to help establish a coherent EU strategy and policy that can provide a solution to the diabetes problem across the EU.
This report is intended to present a snapshot of the actual picture in 2005, easily digested, of the Type 2 diabetes situation in the EU, intended primarily to be a guide for future EU policy development. The undertaking of this inventory shows considerable variation in approaches taken by EU member states today, hoping that this will be used as a basis for a benchmarking process to follow in the near future.
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