Fadican Signature Improvement Agreement for Schoolchildren with Diabetes

The Ministry of Health and Education, Universities, Culture and Sports of the Government of the Canary Islands have signed a specific agreement with the Federation of Diabetes Associations of the Canary Islands (Fadican) and Novo Nordisk Pharma, SA, to develop the program 'improving the quality ofLife of schoolchildren with diabetes in the Canary Islands'.

The signing of this agreement closes a cycle of institutional agreements that the aforementioned councils of the Government of the Canary Islands have been promoting for health promotion, the best attention to people with diabetes and, specifically, the attention to schoolchildren, since theDiabetes is one of the most frequent diseases in childhood and its correct management is a guarantee for the quality of life and health in adult life, according to a press release from the Canary Islands government.

The first of the signed agreements was signed by the Ministry of Health and Education, Universities, Culture and Sports, to establish a joint framework in health promotion;The second was a framework agreement to boost diabetes by the Ministry of Health and the pharmaceutical firm specialized in this subject Novo Nordisk, SA.

With this third specific agreement, the program 'Improving the quality of life of schoolchildren with diabetes in the Canary Islands' will be launched during the next school year, which guarantees continuous advice to the educational community in the field of type 1 diabetes or diabetesInfanto-Juvenile, in order to prevent and effectively attend any emergency that occurs in the school environment.

The program is not assistance, but it will be a vehicle to know the possibilities of attention to the affected population or in front of any emergency.For this, 150 schools will be provided with a briefcase or kit that will be provided by Novo Nordisk and an online training course for teachers will be taught, in which the Canary Islands Diabetes Associations will participate, represented by the Federation of the sameName (Fadican), with the sponsorship and endorsement of the Ministry of Health and Education, Culture and Sports Universities of the Canary Islands Government.

Type 1 diabetes situation

Type 1 diabetes has an origin strongly linked to genetic causes, so its prevention is currently almost impossible.The objective of health and teachers services focuses on information and continuous advice to the community and affected families to prevent complications and get the best possible quality of life during the growth and development stage, which is also a guarantee for lifeadult

The Ministry of Health has been developing actions to prevent and treat both child and adult diabetes, as the courses published last year 2010 that reached a population of almost 800 people.

The current data of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) alert the existence of more than 240 million people in the world with diabetes and these data are expected to increase considerably in the next 20 years to figures that reach 380 millionpeople.

Type 1 diabetes is growing at a rate of 3 percent per year in children and adolescents, and in a more alarming way if it fits 5 percent per year in preschool children.It is one of the most frequent diseases in childhood, observing a great heterogeneity in its incidence, both geographical and racial.

A northern-south gradient has been suggested with greater incidence in Nordic countries (Finland 35/100,000), intermediate in Central Europeto Ecuador (Cuba, Peru).However, this northern-south incidence is not so accurate,It can be observed that islands as Sardinia have an incidence equal to that found in Scandinavian countries.The incidence is very low in Japan (0.8/100,000).

Racial differences are also observed in the condition of this disease, being able to find a greater incidence in Caucasians in relation to the African, oriental and Jewish population.

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