More News From Around the World: Amputation Action
Malta is a country with a population of just over half a million, yet each year around 500 full foot amputations take place. This startling statistic comes from professors Alfred Gatt and Cynthia Formosa in the Department of Podiatry at the University of Malta. They are leading a project, titled ‘The Smart Insole Technology for […]
Europe Chair
Following the recent general-election in Malta the re-elected Government is resisting calls from the opposition to reinstate a sub-committee of the parliament focussed on diabetes. PDGN European Chair, Claudette Buttigieg MP, was one the key influencers who campaigned for its creation in the last Parliament and re-elected, she has joined the fight to reinstate it. […]
Maltese Ombudsman Ruling
An Ombudsman ruling found that free glucose monitors should be given to people of all ages. The Health Ombudsman’s ruling stated that limiting the supply of free Continuous Glucose Monitor by age is discriminatory. Advocacy Action: Do you have an Ombudsman system or final arbiter mechanism who could investigate and make findings after other avenues […]
CGM Devices for Maltese Children
PDGN Co-Chair and President of the Maltese Diabetes Association (MDA), Chris Delicata, reports on the work by the Association working with Malta’s politicians to deliver a project to distribute Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) devices to children and adolescents under 16 years and living with type 1 diabetes as part of the island’s National Health Service. […]
PDGN News: First PDGN European Parliament Meeting
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 […]
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 […]
PDGN News
Focus on PDGN People – Number One, Co_Chair Chris Delicata PDGN has three Co-Chairs; Sir Michael Hirst, John Bowis OBE and in this edition we focus on Chris J. Delicata. Chris Delicata is actively involved in advocating for the Diabetes cause in his home country and internationally. His eldest son was diagnosed with Type 1 […]
TO THE NEXT LEVEL
CAPTION: The Hon Silvio Grixti MP, Chair of the now Official Parliamentary Working Group for Diabetes. The Maltese Cross-Party Group for Diabetes has taken its status to the next level. Started by two interested MPs who attended a PDGN Forum six years ago, the Maltese All Party Diabetes Group has had a string of advocacy […]
PDGN Patron, the Hon Judi Moylan OA reports from Australia on a number of wins with the Government.
The Government has approved funding of over AUS $9 million to rollout a program in schools for children with Type 1 diabetes alongside other announcements in the Australian Government Budget 2018/19 including AUS $125 million for heart and diabetes research. Judi is working as co-chair with Professor Paul Zimmet on the Implementation Reference Group who were […]
IT’S MALTA
The 2018 PDGN Forum is planned for the 11th to the 14th May, 2018, in the European Capital of Culture 2018, Valetta, Malta. Please put the date in your diary now. PDGN will be contacting national diabetes associations to request up to two names of elected representatives who have championed diabetes in their country. PDGN […]