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MEP Filiz Hyusmenova Will Take Part in the Round Table on Diabetes Mellitu... |
MEP Filiz Hyusmenova will take part in the round table entitled Diabetes Mellitus in Bulgaria: Challenges and Policy at St. Petersburg Hotel, Plovdiv, February 2—February 3, 2008. Filiz Hyusmenova will read a report on European initiatives in the field of diabetes.
The round table is organized by MPs united in a group for Parliamentary consensus on preventing socially significant diseases and is under the aegis of Georgi Pirinski, Chairman of the National Assembly. Filiz Hyusmenova is the only representative of the European Parliament in this event. In her speech, she will present the major documents and actions of European institutions for the prevention of diabetes from the end of 1980s to the present day and will outline the commitments to be undertaken on a national and supranational level for the implementation of a common European health care policy.
According to the MEP, the growing number of epidemics in Europe, its aging population and the sedentary way of life have generated a boost in the occurrence of diabetes in the EU, particularly of Type II diabetes. The crisis is reality today, with an average occurrence rate of 7.5% in Europe, an expected level of 16% by 2025, and up to 50% of undiagnosed cases. Nevertheless, a mere 11 of the 25 member states have a national framework or a plan of action and even these differ significantly.
The report shows that the governments of member states must take urgent measures if they want to curb the dramatic rise of diabetes price. Nowadays, diabetes costs between 2.5 and 15% of the health-care expenditures of the member states, i.e. about 50 billion Euro per year. The implementation of policies for dealing with diabetes epidemics has a certain price, but lack of action also has a price of its own. The treatment of diabetes patients and those suffering from complications costs at least twice that of controlled diabetes patients. “The diabetes must be recognized as a priority of European public health and this requires a coordinated, integrated and sustainable European strategy,” Filiz Hyusmenova concluded.
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