CAPTION: Some of the attendees around MEP host Jane Brophy with PDGN European lead Claudette Buttigieg and PDGN Co-Chair Sir Michael Hirst.
With the help of outgoing UK MEP Jane Brophy on the last day of UK participation in the European Parliament, PDGN held a presentation for Members of the European Parliament to encourage greater advocacy for diabetes and its comorbidities.
Jane introduced PDGN European Lead Claudette Buttigieg MP who spoke about he success of cross party co-operation and working on diabetes in her Maltese Parliament where she is Deputy Speaker.
PDGN Secretary General Adrian Sanders gave a presentation on how PDGN supports cross-party groups in Parliaments around the world and the diverse challenges they face.
It is hoped that a future meeting will cover some advocacy targets for MEPs to raise in the European Parliament. The EU has competency over public health and a budget for health research grants.
Now a former MEP, Jane Brophy hopes to return to her job as a nutritionist in the National Health Service which is where her interest in diabetes had come from.
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