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The Western Pacific Declaration on Diabetes
We, the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO/WPRO), the International Diabetes Federation, Western Pacific Region, and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, the signatories of this document, unite to highlight the serious nature of diabetes, currently estimated to affect at least 30 million people in the region. We, on behalf of people affected by diabetes, jointly call upon all governments, organisations and individuals in the region to undertake the following actions, according to the needs of each country:
- Recognise the personal, public and economic burden of all types of
diabetes and establish diabetes as a priority health concern. - Develop and implement national strategies and programmes to prevent
and control diabetes, and reduce its risks. - Work towards universal access to quality care, training, essential diabetes
medications, and other supplies and support for all people with diabetes. - Encourage a strategic alliance among governments, international and
regional development agencies, health and non-health sectors, mass
media, industrial partners, non-governmental organisations, and other
stakeholders involved in the prevention and care of diabetes. - Recognise and promote the importance of education for people affected
by diabetes, health professionals and the general public in the prevention
and management of diabetes. - Integrate diabetes activities with those of other non-communicable
diseases in order to promote healthy lifestyles and environments for the
prevention and control of diabetes and its complications. - Recognise and address the problem of discrimination against people with
diabetes. - Encourage research to advance and apply knowledge about the effective
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