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UN Resolution Caps Momentous Year for Diabetes World

21 Dec 2006 02:37

New York - The United Nations General Assembly has today passed a landmark Resolution recognizing the global threat of the diabetes epidemic. For the first time, governments have acknowledged that a non-infectious disease poses as serious a threat to world health as infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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United Nations Resolution on Diabetes to be formally voted on this week

04 Dec 2006 13:59 The ‘Unite for Diabetes’ campaign, led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), today announced that a  United Nations Resolution on diabetes has been tabled at the General Assembly of the United Nations. The Resolution is sponsored and supported by a growing coalition of countries, including Bangladesh, South Africa, Portugal, the Russian Federation and the United States. The Resolution will be formally voted on in the next few days.  It is expected that the Resolution will be passed by consensus and there will be a United Nations Resolution on diabetes by the end of the year.   This will be the first time a non-communicable disease will be recognized by Governments and, if passed World Diabetes Day will have official awareness at the UN. read more

Global online petition demands UN Resolution on diabetes.

18 Oct 2006 00:00 Brussels, Belgium/18 October 2006 - The ‘Unite for Diabetes’ campaign, led by the International Diabetes Federation, has launched an online petition to rally global support for a United Nations Resolution on diabetes at http://www.unitefordiabetes.org. Diabetes is now one of the world’s most significant causes of healthcare expenditure, mortality, disability and lost economic growth. ‘Unite for Diabetes’ is a campaign to raise awareness of diabetes and the need for a Resolution to tackle the disease. read more

L’épidémie croissante du diabète va submerger les budgets de soins de santé en Europe de l’Est

14 Sep 2006 12:57

Copenhague, Danemark/14 septembre 2006 - Des experts de la Fédération Internationale du Diabète nous avertissent que, si aucune action n’est entreprise afin de freiner l’épidémie du diabète, les budgets de soins de santé de toute l’Europe de l’Est vont être confrontés à une terrible augmentation des coûts en matière de soins.

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Growing diabetes epidemic set to explode healthcare budgets in Eastern Europe

14 Sep 2006 09:04 Copenhagen, Denmark/14 September 2006 - Health budgets across Eastern Europe will face crippling increases in healthcare costs if nothing is done to defuse the diabetes epidemic, experts from the International Diabetes Federation warned today. read more

La creciente epidemia de diabetes dinamitará los presupuestos sanitarios de la Europa del este

14 Sep 2006 08:57 Copenhague, Dinamarca/14 de septiembre 2006 - Los presupuestos sanitarios a lo largo de toda la Europa del este deberán hacer frente a incrementos de consecuencias desastrosas en los costes sanitarios si no se llevan a cabo acciones para frenar la epidemia de diabetes, advirtieron hoy expertos de la Federación Internacional de Diabetes. read more

Wake-up call to halt global diabetes epidemic

10 Jun 2006 00:00 Brussels/Washington D.C., June 10, 2006 – The ‘Unite for Diabetes’ campaign was launched by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in Washington today. The campaign aims to highlight the alarming rise of diabetes worldwide and to encourage government support for a United Nations Resolution on diabetes. IDF is leading the global diabetes community in a concerted effort to secure the Resolution on or around World Diabetes Day (November 14) 2007. read more