A national diabetes strategy will be launched for consultation towards the end of the year, the Health Department said today.

Reacting to a report released yesterday by Health Consumer Powerhouse, placing Malta in 26th place out of 30 countries, the department said the exercise will take into account the feedback and discussion that was carried out by the diabetes Parliamentary Group earlier this year.

The department said it took note of the specific recommendations addressed to Malta and acknowledged the gaps in prevention and management highlighted in this report. It acknowledged that initiatives to improve the management of diabetes had been lacking over the past 10 years.

The department said it was only this year that it established a steering group with the remit to draw up a national strategy for diabetes.

Over the past two months, a needs analysis was carried out through a number of expert focus groups and the strategic plan was currently being drafted.

Several areas that would require substantial investment in human and material resources were been identified to bring about improvement in prevention and management of diabetes.

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