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Diabetes charity thanks MEP for setting EU agenda on condition
European Coalition for Diabetes thanks Simon Busuttil for his continuous efforts to put diabetes on the EU agenda.
25 March 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
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The European Coalition for Diabetes (ECD) has expressed its gratitude for the continuous and successful efforts of the former Maltese MEP Simon Busuttil in putting diabetes on the EU agenda.
As a Member of the European Parliament, Simon Busuttil was one of the co-chairs of the EU Diabetes Working Group (EUDWG), a group of cross-party, cross-national MEPs strongly committed to the diabetes cause.
Busuttil worked to bring together various institutions and stakeholders to put diabetes on the EU agenda. In March 2012 the EUDWG successfully pushed for a European Parliament Written Resolution to address the EU diabetes epidemic. Adopted by an overwhelming majority, this was the first time that the European Parliament adopted a resolution specifically on diabetes.
In September 2012, Simon Busuttil also received the 2012 MEP of the Year Award in the Health category in recognition of his work in the European Parliament to improve the lives of people living with diabetes in Europe.
"On behalf of the ECD co-chairs, I would like to thank Simon Busuttil for his remarkable contribution to the diabetes community in Europe. Through his work, he made sure the voice of the millions of people living with diabetes in Europe was heard, " commented Prof. Joao Manuel Valente Nabais, Chairman ECD.
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Mep Simon Busuttil I thank you from the bottom of my heart for being such a leader so maybe and hopefully someday there will be a cure for Diabetes. Being a Diabetic myself(type II) I know what a cure would mean to a lot of us. Diabetes is a killer disease, but if treated carefully it can be controlled. Start with a good diet preferably recommended by your doctor, and exercise. I am one of those that never turned down a second serving and that was and still is one of my downfalls. Us Maltese love to eat and like I tell my doctor, it is not so easy to give up all that. Honestly even though it is not so easy it can be done. Taking a bunch of pills and injecting yourself twice or three times a day with insulin is no fun. I know. So watch what you eat and exercise as much as you can. Thank you Mep Simon Busuttil for being such a crusader hoping maybe someday they will find a cure for Diabetes.
