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Copenhagen partners with association to improve diabetes care

Xinhua, May 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Copenhagen Municipality and the Danish Diabetes Association on Tuesday announced a collaboration aimed at reducing social inequality in diabetes care.

"Social inequality is a huge challenge in diabetes. We as a municipality has a responsibility to ensure that more citizens reach the goal of their treatment, so they can have a good life, even if they have diabetes," said Ninna Thomsen, Health and Care Mayor of Copenhagen.

According to Thomsen, a new diabetes center which aims to ensure that Copenhageners with diabetes become more closely integrated and maintain healthy blood sugar levels will open in July in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, and will be the focal point of collaboration.

"We want to create an entirely new concept for how we treat and help people with diabetes," Thomsen was quoted as saying by Danish public broadcaster DR.

She added that the new cooperation will focus particularly on those who have a short training, those who are outside the labor market and people with non-Danish ethnic origin.

Thomsen also expressed hope that the new diabetes center will pave the way for new innovative solutions and better diabetes care for citizens throughout the country.

The number of people with diabetes in Copenhagen is projected to double from 25,000 currently to around 50,000 by 2040. Moreover, 10 to 20 percent of the adult population in Copenhagen is at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a chronic condition that affects the way human's body metabolizes sugar. Endit