News From Around the World
Anti-Diabetes Campaign | More than 130 people graduated as 10,000 Toes ambassadors after attending a threeday summit held at Pacific Adventist University (PAU) in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG), last October. Learning how to run health expos and community health checks, the new ambassadors are now ready to assist the campaign in fighting against […]
More News From Around the Globe: Celebrating Advocacy Success
CAPTION: Mr Matt Burnell MP, Mike Wilson OAM, The Hon Mark Butler MP, Senator Marielle Smith, Ms Louise Miller-Frost MP, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, Mr Steve Georganas and T1D advocates. Over the years there have been many advancements in diabetes technology that have helped of people with the condition, especially those living with type […]
Indigenous Inequalities Cost Taxpayer Millions
From New Zealand, more evidence is emerging to suggest that the ongoing and unaddressed health inequity for indigenous peoples is costing hundreds of millions of NZ dollars. (1 NZ$ = .64 US$). A new study has revealed that inequity directly cost the NZ health system NZ $39.9 million per year with substantial additional costs from […]
Diabetes Australia wins Award
Diabetes Australia has won the Best Patient Campaign category at the 2022 Australian Patient Association Awards in Melbourne on August 18. The winning entry, “Heads Up on Diabetes,” was launched during National Diabetes Week in 2020. As previously reported at the launch it was a three-year campaign designed to highlight the daily mental health challenges […]
Meet the Aussies by Secretary General, Adrian Sanders
One Australian is diagnosed with diabetes every eight minutes, new research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found. Yet one more statistic to concern the Co-Chairs of the Australian Parliamentary Friends of Diabetes Group, whom I met on-line with PDGN Patron, the Hon Judi Moylan AO. MPs, Graham Perrett and Rowan Ramsey […]
Research Corner
A Diabetes Link to Dementia https://www.timesnownews.com/health/diabetics-beware-study-says-high-blood-sugar-levels-could-give-you-dementia-article-92318905 Role of Socioeconomic Status in Amputation Rates with Comorbid PVD and Diabetes https://www.thecardiologyadvisor.com/home/topics/vascular-medicine/role-of-socioeconomic-status-amputation-rates-with-comorbid-pvd-and-diabetes Potential target for Type 1 diabetes treatment https://www.miragenews.com/potentia l-target-for-type-1-diabetes-treatment-824142/ Japanese Study Finds Health Benefits in Muscle Strengthening https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/13/755 Children with type 1 diabetes and their family members are at increased risk of mental health problems. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220801/Study-Children-with-type-1-diabetes-and-their-family-members-are-at-increased-risk-of-mental-health-problems.aspx […]
Cheesemaking Remedy for Diabetes?
Diabetes is New Zealand’s biggest and fastest-growing health condition among Pasifika and Maori communities. It is hoped that a New Zealand-based company researching alternative uses for a byproduct from cheesemaking is developing it into a remedy for people with type 2 diabetes. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-and-pasifika-diabetes-sufferers-face-new-hope-in-battle-against-the-killer-disease/G7FBF5US4XECSZTAQ3YRL5BZBQ
Nearly 7 out of 10 Fijians are Overweight
CAPTION: Minister, Dr Devina Nand, addressing residents about healthy eating. PHOTO CREDIT: Fiji Times. The Fijian Health Ministry head of wellness, Dr Devina Nand, says almost 67 percent of Fiji’s population is overweight – increasing the risk of diabetes and non-communicable diseases. She also said 80 percent were not eating enough fruit and vegetables and […]
Changing Reasons for Type 2 Hospital Admissions
The reasons for people with type 2 diabetes being admitted to hospital are changing. This is according to an early press release from the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) whose annual conference is taking place this month in Stockholm, Sweden (19-23 Sept). Details will be revealed at the event showing that traditional […]
New DART Chair
Diabetes Australia has announced the appointment of leading health advocate Lucy Brogden AM (Pictured) as the new Chair of DART, the Diabetes Australia Research Trust. The Trust, which manages the Diabetes Australia Research Program, supports around 60 research projects a year with funding allocations of more than Aus $3 million (US $2million) per annum. The […]
More News From Around the World
Diabetes Election Issues in Australia During the recent Australian election the two main parties vied with one another on polices for people with diabetes. Diabetes has maintained a high profile within Australian politics thanks to the work of elected members in the cross-party diabetes group and by Diabetes Australia. The latter made a statement during […]
Research News
Advocacy Action Wins New Research Funding Following pressure from MPs and patient groups for more investment in diabetes research and care, Australia’s Minister for Health and Aged Care, The Hon Greg Hunt MP, announced that $38 million Australian Dollars ($27.5 U.S.) has been made available for two new medical research centres. It is hoped they […]
More News From Around the Globe: New CGM device for Australians with diabetes
Australians with diabetes will now have access to the next-generation Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM), ensuring they can use the latest technology to manage their diabetes. From 1 March, 58,000 eligible Australians participating in the CGM Initiative will have the option of using the new Dexcom G6 CGM device, as the current Dexcom G5 […]
PDGN News: Thanks Guy
PDGN President Guy Barnett has stepped down from the role he was elected to in 2015 to concentrate on his Ministerial responsibilities in the Tasmanian Parliament. He was appointed to the Cabinet in 2016 and is now Minister for Primary Industries and Water, Minister for Resources, Minister for Trade, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Minister for […]
More News from Around the World Continued
Priority Groups Targeted in New Aussie Diabetes Strategy PDGN Patron, Hon Judi Moylan AO, is delighted that the national diabetes strategy, she and others helped to produce was released on WDD 21 by the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg Hunt. Its aim is to reduce the incidence and impacts of the disease […]
Challenging Food Culture in the Marshall Islands
In 2017 a survey of 4,000 elementary students in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, found that 10 percent of fee-paying school students and 25 percent of state school students were overweight, and 85 percent of them ate vegetables 5 or fewer days a week. The Marshall Islands 60,000 inhabitants live spread out over 29 […]
Aussie Pollies Debate 100 years of Insulin
Australian politicians, called pollies by their media, debated 100 years of insulin on a motion proposed by MPs, Rowan Ramsey and Graham Perrett, the Co-Chairs of the Australian Parliament’s Friends of Diabetes. In the debate many issues were raised with MPs from across the country taking part. Rowan Ramsey (right), a member of the ruling […]
Simple Idea Gets Results
CAPTION: “One in three Singapore citizens at risk of diabetes! – Gan Kim Yong, former Health Minister (Photo: Wikipedia) A study commissioned by the Health Promotion Board of Singapore and published last year said that “a key risk factor of diabetes in Singapore is a high intake of sugar, particularly from beverages”. The study was […]
Research News
Singapore research finds surgery for type 2 diabetes may restore nearly a decade to life expectancy https://www.medwirenews.com/diabetes/surgery-type-2-diabetes-restore-nearly-decade-life-expectancy/19148930 Children with type 1 diabetes have an increased risk for developing neurodevelopment disorders, with the risk greater for those with a high HbA1c, according to a study published in Diabetologia. https://www.healio.com/news/endocrinology/20210316/high-hba1c-in-type-1-diabetes-linked-to-increased-risk-for-neurodevelopment-disorders Austrian/Swiss research finds that consuming moderate amounts […]
New Zealand – Type 2 Tidal Wave
Type 2 diabetes costs the country NZ$2.1 billion a year and one in four Indigenous New Zealand and Pacific islanders will have the disease in 20 years, a report has indicated. This would be a type 2 tidal wave in the opinion of some commentators, igniting the debate for a national diabetes strategy. The report, […]
Associations’ News
News from Associate Members of PDGN – national diabetes associations and other not-for-profits The National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) has launched a new campaign to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with type 2 diabetes to re-engage with their diabetes healthcare teams and their diabetes management in 2021. Diabetes Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]
Research Corner
Much of the research and studies make for grim reading with the implications for people and health care systems severe. All the more important to seek allies who can share and add force to your advocacy to seek improvements to prevention, encourage early diagnosis, and the best treatments. Britain Healthy lifestyle key to prevention of […]
World Diabetes Day Report continued
Aussies Get Their Socks Off Again Every year there are more than 27,000 hospital admissions in Australia for diabetes-related foot ulcers. Many of these will lead to people having a limb, or part of a limb, amputated. However, a new pathway tool developed by Diabetes Australia and the Australian Diabetes Society, will help health professionals […]
Aussie Eye Screening Target
A University of Sydney study has found only half of people living with diabetes get recommended eye checks putting them at risk of vision loss and blindness. Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working age Australians. All people with diabetes are at risk of diabetes related retinopathy which causes damage to the back […]
Research Corner
University of Exeter and Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust research revealed at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2020 on-line event, suggests screening could give two years’ extra type 2 diabetes alert. https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/9143/presentation/1514 The findings from a recent study by a University of Buffalo researcher and others could prove to […]
Australia: Type 2 Guidelines for Young People
Guidelines for identifying, preventing and managing Type 2 diabetes among young people in Australian and New Zealand have been published for the first time. Type 2 diabetes in children has been rare but numbers are rising. Consequently, this is the first-time guidance for children and teenagers that PDGN has heard about. Up until now healthcare professionals […]
Pacific Islands: Colonialization & Health
An interesting opinion piece about the health consequences of colonialization and how the introduction of foreign diets, illnesses, and economic practices were imposed on the islanders, disrupting native lifestyles, traditions, and even languages. https://instant.com.pk/marshall-islands/142088
Australia: Advocacy Success
CAPTION: PDGN Patron, Hon. Judi Moylan AO (glasses, centre left) with Professor Liz Davis on her immediate left and Professor Greg Johnson on the far left with participants at the launch of the Diabetes in Schools Program at St Peter’s Primary School Western Australia. Advocacy action by Parliamentarians and patient groups in Australia has brought […]
Another Successful Pollie Pedal for Diabetes
*Pollie is Australian slang for Politician CAPTION: Greg Johnson CEO Diabetes Australia, Guy Barnett MP, Caroline Wells CEO Diabetes Tasmania and Michael Bailey CEO Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce & Industry The 15th annual Tasmanian Pollie Pedal, held in February, was another great success raising just over Aus $49,000 – exceeding their target of $45,000. The […]
News From Around the World
Morocco The Moroccan Diabetes League celebrated World Diabetes Day in the city of LAAYOUN in southern Morocco. Advocacy Action: Start planning now for World Diabetes Day 14th November 2020. Malta Thanks to campaigning MPs, an €800,000 investment will see 2,000 Type 2 diabetes patients on the Island, who previously paid for their insulin, receive it free […]
Research Corner
Much of the research and studies make for grim reading with the implications for people and health care systems severe. All the more important to seek allies who can share and add force to your advocacy in order to seek improvements to prevention, encourage early diagnosis, and the best treatments. Canadian children not being diagnosed […]
News From Around The World
New Zealand – New Type 2 prevention campaign launched. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2019/07/new-campaign-aims-to-curb-new-zealand-s-type-2-diabetes-problem.html How Goa’s digital approach to diabetes can improve universal healthcare https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/10/diabetes-in-india-digital-care USA – Type 2 amputations on the rise, a worrying report from the States. https://www.inquirer.com/health/amputation-increasing-diabetes-surgery-insulin-20190616.html Advocacy Action – what is the trend in your country. Can you ask your Government what the estimated cost […]
Research Corner
Much of the research and studies make for grim reading with the implications for people and health care systems severe. All the more important to seek allies who can share and add force to your advocacy in order to seek improvements to prevention, encourage early diagnosis, and the best treatments. New study by Australian researchers […]
More News From Around The World
Morocco – PDGN Vice-president Mustafa Brahimi MP reports that the Moroccan Diabetes Fighting League is organising the 8th National Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition, Diabetes Morocco 2019 at Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra, on July 5th and 6th. 2019. The event will be organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Moroccan Society of […]
News From Australia
More support for children living with type 1 diabetes The Australian Government will invest $6 million to better support children living with diabetes, with the launch of a new program across Australian schools. The Type 1 Diabetes Management in Schools program will support around 6,000 children living with the condition by providing a training and […]
Aussie Parties in a Bidding War
In February the Australian Federal Government announced that scientists searching for the elusive cure for type 1 diabetes will get an extra $54.5 million in funding to help the more than 120,000 children and adults in the country with the chronic condition. Almost immediately the opposition Labor Party pledged to give $ 50 million to […]
Welcome Tasmania
Congratulations to PDGN President Guy Barnett MP on helping bring a new cross-party group to life, this time in the Tasmanian Parliament. The group was set up last year and launched on the lawns of Parliament House in Hobart with plans to have a number of events to get the message of Diabetes out into […]
News on Sugar Taxes
In our last newsletter we reported on PDGN Vice-President Dr Mustafa Brahimi’s successful campaign to persuade the Moroccan Parliament to adopt a sugar tax. The issue is gaining ground around the world but support is by no means universal. In South East Asia the question is being asked whether a sugar tax will solve the […]
RAISING THE PROFILE
Australian politicians – or ‘Pollies’ as they call them down under – joined Diabetes Australia to launch the ‘It’s About Time’ campaign. The week-long campaign aimed to raise awareness about the importance of early detection and early treatment for all types of diabetes. For those ‘Pollies’ who got involved, like the Co-Chair of the Parliamentary […]
HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The Australian Government announced on the 1st April 2017 that people with type 1 diabetes will have access to free glucose monitoring devices under a federal government program. The $54 million program has been praised as a ‘life-changer’ by Diabetes Australia (DA). “This will benefit around 4,000 Australian families with a child or young person […]
New Zealand Glucose Monitoring Campaign
A strong patient led campaign for glucose monitoring reimbursement has gained ground in New Zealand. Diabetes New Zealand asked people with diabetes to post on social media about the burden they carry with the condition. https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/128048868/diabetes-nz-campaigns-nationally-for-glucose-monitors Advocacy Action: Do you use social media to enlist public support for your campaigns? Can you join existing networks […]