Tackling Diabetes in the EU

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• New comparison index helps EU governments tackle growing diabetes rates

  News | Diabetes, Cancer, Hepatitis 16-09-2014

  SPECIAL REPORT: On Wednesday (17 September), the Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP), a Swedish company which compares healthcare between countries, will reveal an analysis of diabetes prevention and treatment in Europe, making it easier for EU member states to share best practices.

• Diabetes care hindered by patchy national data

  News | Health 19-09-2014

  SPECIAL REPORT: 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 Wednesday (17 September).

• Swedes have the best diabetes care in the EU

  News | Diabetes, Cancer, Hepatitis 18-09-2014

  SPECIAL REPORT: 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 Wednesday (17 September).

• Arne Björnberg: ‘Diabetes has become the poor man’s disease’

  Interview | Diabetes, Cancer, Hepatitis 22-09-2014

  SPECIAL REPORT: 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

  News | Science & Policymaking 23-09-2014

  SPECIAL REPORT: Investing now in diabetes prevention will reduce the cost of tackling the disease later and maintain a productive European workforce, experts claim.