IDF Europe welcomes the European People’s Party (EPP)’s initiative to include diabetes in its electoral manifesto presented at their Congress in Bucharest on March 6-7, which proposes a European Cardiovascular (CVD) Plan alongside a health screening initiative for CVD and diabetes.
However, this is not enough. Only a comprehensive and targeted diabetes plan can be truly transformative in addressing the needs of the 32 million European citizens living with diabetes. Integrating both conditions into a unified plan would provide a cost-effective solution to improving prevention and care and building a healthier future not only for those living with diabetes, CVD and other NCDs, but for all Europeans.
