The World Health Organisation held an international summit in April at which a Global Compact, focussing on setting global coverage targets for diabetes care was launched.
A key aim of the Global Diabetes Compact is to unite key stakeholders from the public and private sectors, and, critically, people who live with diabetes, around a common agenda, to generate new momentum and co-create solutions.
A “global price tag” will quantify the costs and benefits of meeting these new targets. It will also advocate for fulfilling the commitment made by governments to include diabetes prevention and treatment into primary health care and as part of universal health coverage packages.
At the launch Dr Bente Mikkelsen, Director of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases at WHO said: “The “all hands-on deck” approach to the COVID-19 response is showing us what can be achieved when different sectors work together to find solutions to an urgent public health problem.
PDGN’s response is simple – Holding Governments to account to deliver the aims of the Compact is crucial if it is to succeed.
Advocacy Action: Your country may have signed up to the Compact. If it did can you ask what your Governments plans are to reach the targets that have been set? If not, can you put pressure on your Government to join up?
https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/world-diabetes-day/global-diabetes-compact-final.pdf
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