To mark World Diabetes Day discover EU4Health-funded Joint Actions and H2020 projects working on tackling diabetes at EU level
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According to The International Diabetes Foundation , in 2021 approximately 537M adults were living with diabetes worldwide, with 61M living in Europe.
It is estimated that by 2030, this number will increase by 20%.
To mark World Diabetes Day discover EU4Health-funded Joint Actions and H2020 projects working on tackling diabetes at EU level.
C4Diabetes Joint Action aims to to strengthen strategies for the treatment of diabetes and to enhance sharing best practices among EU countries. It also focuses on increasing patients’ well-being and quality of life.
Health4EU kids Joint Action focuses on prevention strategies for child obesity across EU countries by promoting best practices and research results, with a particular focus on the initiatives Grunau Moves from Germany and Smart Family from Finland.
With a budget of 53M and involving 21 EU countries as well as Ukraine, Joint Action on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes (JACARDI) focuses on tackling cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in Europe. It aims to do so through raising awareness, improving screening, and providing support to patients and their care providers.
VANGUARD works on developing an implantable bioartificial pancreas to produce insulin for Type 1 diabetes patients.
DC-ren is working on creating a computational tool for personalised drug therapies targeting Type 2 diabetes patients with complicated kidney comorbidities.
DigiCare4you aims to analyse the potential of self-reported screening tool to prevent and manage Type 2 diabetes and hypertension conditions.
ISLET is building and implementing a program for the production and marketing of stem cell therapy for EU citizens with diabetes Type 1.