Tackling Diabetes in the EU (Special reports)

Special reports published by EurActiv in September 2014.

+ New comparison index helps EU governments tackle growing diabetes rates
On the 17 September 2014, the Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP), a Swedish company which compares healthcare between countries, was scheduled to reveal an analysis of diabetes prevention and treatment in Europe, making it easier for EU member states to share best practices.

+ Swedes have the best diabetes care in the EU
Sweden has the best healthcare system to tackle diabetes, but this is mainly due to the Scandinavian country having a better national registry, according to the 2014 Euro Diabetes Index, launched in Vienna on the 17 September 2014.

+ Diabetes care hindered by patchy national data
Reliable data should be the first step to improve diabetes care in the EU, according to representatives from European Union health ministries and national healthcare institutes who were speaking in Vienna on the 17 September 2014.

+ Arne Björnberg: 'Diabetes has become the poor man's disease'
While the prevalence of diabetes in Europe is increasing, doctors still call it the "silent disease" because it somehow fails to draw attention, says Arne Björnberg.

+ Diabetes hitting EU workforce productivity
Investing now in diabetes prevention will reduce the cost of tackling the disease later and maintain a productive European workforce, experts claim.

• Primary Source

EurActiv, 16.09.14: New comparison index helps EU governments tackle growing diabetes rates http://www.euractiv.com/sections/tackling-diabetes-eu/new-comparison-index-helps-eu-governments-tackle-growing-diabetes

ESO: Background information: Diabetes: the EU's heavy burden http://www.europeansources.info/record/diabetes-the-eus-heavy-burden/

EurActiv, 18.09.14: Swedes have the best diabetes care in the EU http://www.euractiv.com/sections/tackling-diabetes-eu/swedes-have-best-diabetes-care-eu-308509

The Guardian, 17.09.14: Artificial sweeteners may promote diabetes, claim scientists http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/17/artificial-sweeteners-diabetes-saccharin-blood-sugar

EurActiv, 19.09.14: Diabetes care hindered by patchy national data http://www.euractiv.com/sections/tackling-diabetes-eu/diabetes-care-hindered-patchy-national-data-308539

EurActiv, 22.09.14: Arne Björnberg: 'Diabetes has become the poor man's disease' http://www.euractiv.com/sections/tackling-diabetes-eu/arne-bjornberg-diabetes-has-become-poor-mans-disease-308575

EurActiv, 23.09.14: Diabetes hitting EU workforce productivity http://www.euractiv.com/sections/tackling-diabetes-eu/diabetes-hitting-eu-workforce-productivity-308617

EurActiv, 14.11.14: Study: EU member states 'risk losing the battle against diabetes' http://www.euractiv.com/sections/health-consumers/study-eu-member-states-risk-losing-battle-against-diabetes-309976

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