The prevalence of chronic diseases
everywhere around the world is something that we are all aware of. It would be
ideal for countries to focus on this matter and make it a priority to attempt
to eradicate these illnesses. Unfortunately for us they seemed to be more
focused on the economy than anything else. It takes a country to step up and
start making changes for themselves for the betterment of their people. Europe
is one of the very few doing just that. It is reported that Europeans are in
fact living longer but they are still contracting chronic illnesses and type II
diabetes. About 350,000 people die from
diabetes every year in Europe alone. According to Danish European affair
minister Nicolai Wammen, the EU has decided to focus on trying to tame the
issue of diabetes as a test case as a solution for other chronic diseases. Though
incurable, diabetes is one of the most preventable of all chronic diseases, so
you wouldn’t expect it to be as big of an issue as it is. There are many officials
and representatives of the EU that feel as if awareness of the illness is essential
in this entire process. As stated in the article, care for diabetes
struggled due to insufficient human resources, poor funding of lifestyle
change, and inadequate physician training. I believe if Europe continues on
their path to try to exterminate the overwhelming cases of diabetes then they
should definitely see some improvement. The reasons as to why it is still such
an issue can easily be enhanced if put forth the effort to do so. With their
attempt to tackle the problem of type II diabetes, I not only believe that it
will help with the idea of eventually
tackling other chronic diseases, but it may also help serve as a model
for others around the world. It could potentially promote the idea of taking
note of the importance of the health of the population which is exactly what we
need.
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