The Declaration

The 8-Point Declaration

The Western Pacific Declaration on Diabetes focuses on eight key concepts which are central to creating health promoting environments and reducing the personal suffering and public cost of diabetes and its associated complications. They are -

1. Recognize the personal, public and economic burden of all types of diabetes and establish diabetes as a priority health concern.
   
   
2. Develop and implement national strategies and programmes to prevent and control diabetes and reduce its risk.
   
   
3. Work towards universal access to quality care, training, essential diabetes medications and other supplies and support for all people with diabetes.
   
   
4. Encourage a strategic alliance among governments, international and regional development agencies, health and non-health sectors, mass media, industrial partners, nongovernmental organizations and other stakeholders involved in the prevention and care of diabetes.
   
   
5. Recognize and promote the importance of education for people affected by diabetes, health professionals, and the general public in the prevention and management of diabetes.
   
   
6. Integrate diabetes activities with those of other noncommunicable diseases in order to promote healthy lifestyles and environments for the prevention and control of diabetes and its complications.
   
   
7. Recognize and address the problem of discrimination against people with diabetes.
   
   
8. Encourage research to advance and apply knowledge about the effective prevention, delivery care, and management of diabetes.