News From Around the World

CGM First Step in NZ The New Zealand medicine-funding agency, Pharmac, announced in February it was seeking competitive commercial offers to fund Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) – the “first step” in the process. Many campaigners inside and outside of Parliament are claiming that the process is taking far too long. According to the Ministry of […]

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 […]

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

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]