Staging prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: the time to start is now - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

As departments are abolished, some former @who.int directors remain in near-equivalent roles — raising❓❓about whether cost-cutting will be enough. 📉 WHO plans to cut around 25% of its global workforce by mid-2026, yet there is a $1.05bn funding gap for 2026–27. @drtedros.who.int @un.org 📖⬇️ & 🙏

#insulin4all #LeadOnNCDs

📢We call on leaders of all levels & geographies to use the opportunity of the Global Week for Action on #NCDs, commit to investments in NCD response & translate their promises into reality. It's time to #LeadOnNCDs #ActOnNCDs

The world can't afford weakened commitments to WHO ‘Best Buys’. Ahead of #HLM4 & beyond, we call on governments to take the #LeadOnNCDs & implement these cost-effective measures to save lives. Join our Global Week for Action campaign here 👉https://actonncds.org/take-action

⚡️A watered-down commitments won’t save lives, they will cost them. As civil society, we won’t accept vague promises. We demand measurable progress on the world’s leading cause of death. 🤝Join the call to #ActOnNCDs together 👉https://actonncds.org/take-action

El poder de las comunidades y de las voces con experiencia vivida 🌍✨ Nupur, Snehal, Samuel y Chikhu demuestran cómo su experiencia personal se convierte en una herramienta de cambio. Me reuní con ellos en el Global NCDA Forum 🎥 Mira el video completo aquí: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIuN...

#voicesinaction #diabetes #UNGA

Please join us in thanking Dr. Mikkelsen for bringing her vision, deep experience, and long-standing commitment to improving outcomes for people living with #diabetes worldwide. We can’t wait to learn from her! #voicesinaction

Join us this Saturday for two lively discussions and a chance to meet fellow people living with diabetes in #globalhealth. Register here: lnkd.in/g_JB3B-9

🚨BREAKING: Oxfam and over 130 organizations demand an immediate end to Israel's deadly distribution scheme, a return to UN-led coordination, and the lifting of the brutal blockade on #Gaza. Read our joint statement 👉https://oxf.am/3TksrtE

In a world where health threats spread faster than ever, the WHO Hub in #Berlin is developing cutting-edge tools & partnerships to help 150+ countries detect outbreaks faster & prevent future pandemics. Learn more in the Hub’s annual report 👉 bit.ly/4n6FTyW

🔬 Digital health technologies offer real-time data linking and cross-therapy evidence generation. Stakeholder engagement is crucial for meaningful insights! #HealthTech #EvidenceGeneration

Diabetes and HTA 💙

Patients are key in health decisions: personal experience matters as much as scientific evidence. Brazil and Argentina share strategies for patient involvement in health technology assessment. #HTAi2025 #PatientCenteredCare

WHY PATIENT INVOLVEMENT MATTERS MORE THAN EVER? • Access to complex, high-cost health technologies demands inclusive decision-making. • Patients' expectations, values and real-world experiences are essential to ensure relevance.

#HTAi2025 🇸🇬 Singapore's game-changing HTA: Patient voices transform diabetes care, integrating CGM experiences from children to adults, eliminating finger pricks, and reshaping medical technology decisions through 50% patient-caregiver insights 💉🤝📱 #PatientEngagement

"Despite considerable promise, research is still required to establish AI's benefit and safety for promoting mental health." In a new Perspectives piece, authors explore generative artificial intelligence for mental health: tinyurl.com/2skspsfx

Capacity-enhancing innovations in healthcare go beyond high-tech solutions - even simple technologies like better diapers can improve patient and nurse experiences! #HTAi2025 #HealthcareInnovation

I do not "get" sick I remain sick

Evaluación de tecnologías sanitarias evoluciona: QALYs no son perfectos, pero siguen siendo herramienta clave para medir beneficios en salud. Futuro pasa por ajustes de equidad y severidad. #HTAi2025 #Salud

@htaiorg.bsky.social 🌍 I’m in Buenos Aires and ready for HTAi 2025! 🇦🇷 Today I’m attending a pivotal workshop on economic evaluations in health and their role in coverage decisions, organized by IECS Argentina, and led by global expert Michael Drummond (University of York). 🧠💼

Key Highlights from #HTAi2025: - EU launches groundbreaking cross-border clinical evaluations - International HTA collaboration reshaping healthcare innovation - Strategies for harmonizing technology assessments worldwide

Millions of Palestinians are starving. Now a humanitarian ship en route to Gaza is being targeted by Israel. On board: food, medicine & 12 activists. The EU must act now to stop the aid blockade on Gaza! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-6-...

Ending social injustice requires determined action from everyone. Here are 3 things you can do: 📢 Speak up against discrimination 🤝 Support community organizations that provide essential services like food, supportive housing & job training 🌍 Engage in climate action

🌍 Climate change impacts access to resources that support health and longevity. Did you know that over the next 5 years, climate change is expected to push an additional 68–135 million people into extreme poverty? It's time to act now! bit.ly/43f3YLY

US Withdrawal from @who.int is a ‘Lose-Lose’ The dismantling of its global health aid & assistance programmes constitutes the “greatest disruption to global health finance in memory” and it is “sowing chaos in public health” - @drtedros.who.int. ✍️Elaine Fletcher

It’s time to lead 🇪🇸🇺🇳 #ActOnNCDs

It is an honour to represent my countries, Spain 🇪🇸 and Argentina 🇦🇷 , and my region as part of the Global Advocates — representing over 2.5 million people — delivering a powerful call to action on NCDs to the United Nations #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs

The Call to Lead on NCDs: Three actions governments must take actonncds.org/take-action/...

The time is now: Improving access to diabetes care in a strengthened global policy framework #IDF2025

❓What is the psychosocial impact of living with #diabetes? 🔎In our new Gamechangers episode, Prof. Jane Speight spotlights a paper that, for the first time, outlined the concept of #diabetesdistress. 📺Watch here: easd-elearning.eu/index.html@p... #elearning

💼 Job Alert 💼 The European Parliament is recruiting people with disabilities as part of its annual positive action programme. Get a 1-year contract with possibility of extension and be part of the EU’s only directly elected institution! 🏛️ 📌 Apply by 16 April: apply4ep.gestmax.eu

EVENT TIME UPDATE‼️ Please note the event begins at 12:30 UTC (3:30PM EAT / 8:30AM EST ). Register here: bit.ly/3EZILMt

The facts are clear -- rapid-acting insulin analogues belong on the World Health Organizations Essential Medicines List. Help us make that a reality by singing our petition and sharing your story. Sign here: buff.ly/fjj8wfK Join our webinar to learn more: buff.ly/Rhsts4S

we’re all connected

Thanks to all our lovely new followers and welcome to our chaos 🫂 we’ve been a bit quiet lately because we’ve been busy putting a poster together for #ATTD2025! (and we keep forgetting we have a wee house over here 🤪)

When a woman is empowered, the world is empowered.💜️ #InternationalWomensDay

25.9% of women in the EU are women and girls with disabilities, yet they continue to face systemic barriers and marginalisation. On #WomensDay, we amplify our call for: ➡️ Ending violence and forced sterilisation 
➡️ Leadership, independence, visibility and empowerment buff.ly/1BjR0Hc

Today is #InternationalWomensDay Progress on #GenderEquality in health care is too slow. Women have distinct & changing health needs at different stages of their lives. Health care should be easy to access, fair & tailored to meet each woman’s unique needs & circumstances. 🔗 bit.ly/3DmZQ2o

Join us at the #WHA78 Civil Society Networking space to network, strategize & drive action for #UHC 🗓️ 19–22 May 2025 | Geneva 📌 Want to host a session? Apply for a free space here: forms.gle/K1sBBRDq297K... See you there! #HealthForAll @uhc2030.bsky.social @wacihealth.bsky.social

To mark this year's International Women's Day, the European Parliament's FEMM committee will hold a meeting on "Strengthening the Women, Peace and Security Agenda – Upholding Women’s Rights in Defence, Security and Peace Building" on Thursday 6 March. 🔗 Learn more in our article: europa.eu/!Q78dh7