CIS Experts Discussed Cooperation in Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes

19 May 2023

CIS Experts Discussed Cooperation in Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes

On 18 May 2023, a meeting of the CIS Expert Advisory Board on Diabetes was held at the CIS headquarters. The participants shared information on the organization of medical and social care for patients with diabetes in their countries, got acquainted with the principles and approaches when coding the causes of death from diabetes in Russia.

Members of the Expert Advisory Board discussed the implementation of the CIS Cooperation Program for the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes for 2021–2025 in 2022, approved the draft agenda, date and venue of the next meeting of the CIS Expert Advisory Board on Diabetes and discussed preparations for the next meeting of the CIS Advisory Board on Cooperation in the Field of Public Health.

Secretary of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Social Policy and Human Rights, Executive Secretary of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health Evgenia Vladimirova and Deputy Chair of the Russian Diabetes Federation, Chair of the St. Petersburg Diabetes Society, member of the IPA CIS Expert Advisory Board on Public Health Marina Shipulina took part in the meeting.

At the suggestion of Marina Shipulina, the agenda of the next meeting will include issues of digitalization of prescriptions and remote monitoring of patients with diabetes.

The event brought together the representatives of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly and the CIS Executive Committee.