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Review
. 2018 Oct;61(10):1300-1306.
doi: 10.1007/s00103-018-2806-z.

National public health system responses to diabetes and other important noncommunicable diseases : Background, goals, and results of an international workshop at the Robert Koch Institute

Lukas Reitzle  1 , Sylvia Hansen  2 , Rebecca Paprott  1 , Wally Achtermann  3 , Jens Baumert  1 , Petronille Bogaert  4 , Laure Curt  3 , Peter Diem  5 , Yong Du  1 , Stefanie Eiser  2 , Justine Fitzpatrick  6 , Christin Heidemann  1 , Pekka Jousilahti  7 , Bernhard Kulzer  8 , Jaana Lindström  7 , Hannelore Neuhauser  1 , Herman van Oyen  4 , Louise Pelletier  9 , Christian Schmidt  1 , Jonathan Valabhji  10 , Raimund Weitgasser  11 , Thomas Ziese  1 , Daniela Zahn  2 , Christa Scheidt-Nave  12
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National public health system responses to diabetes and other important noncommunicable diseases : Background, goals, and results of an international workshop at the Robert Koch Institute

Lukas Reitzle et al. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2018 Oct.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus and other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represent an emerging global public health challenge. In Germany, about 6.7 million adults are affected by diabetes according to national health surveys, including 1.3 million with undiagnosed diabetes. Complications of diabetes result in an increasing burden for individuals and society as well as enormous costs for the health care system. In response, the Federal Ministry of Health commissioned the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) to implement a diabetes surveillance system and the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) to develop a diabetes prevention strategy. In a two-day workshop jointly organized by the RKI and the BZgA, representatives from public health institutes in seven countries shared their expertise and knowledge on diabetes prevention and surveillance. Day one focused on NCD surveillance systems and emphasized both the strengthening of sustainable data sources and the timely and targeted dissemination of results using innovative formats. The second day focused on diabetes prevention strategies and highlighted the importance of involving all relevant stakeholders in the development process to facilitate its acceptance and implementation. Furthermore, the effective translation of prevention measures into real-world settings requires data from surveillance systems to identify high-risk groups and evaluate the effect of measures at the population level based on analyses of time trends in risk factors and disease outcomes. Overall, the workshop highlighted the close link between diabetes prevention strategies and surveillance systems. It was generally stated that only robust data enables effective prevention measures to encounter the increasing burden from diabetes and other NCDs.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus; Noncommunicable diseases; Prevention; Public Health; Surveillance.

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