The federal government has tabled a long-awaited plan in the House of Commons to improve access to diabetes treatment and prevention in Canada, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Wednesday.
Liberal MP Sonia Sidhu called for the framework as part of a private member's bill that became law in 2021.
According to the private member's bill, the framework must outline the training, education and guidance health workers need to promote the treatment and prevention of diabetes, including new clinical practice guidelines. A federal strategy was established in 1999 but then absorbed into a larger strategy to address chronic diseases in 2005.
There were 5.7 million people with diagnosed diabetes as of March 2022 and another five million experiencing prediabetes - a condition that, if left unmanaged, can develop into Type 2 diabetes. She is particularly interested in a starting a conversation about reducing stigma around diabetes, which research has shown makes people less likely to take their medication and hurts patients' quality of life.
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