In this act, María Martín has welcomed the pilgrims to La Rioja and has valued the work carried out by the Foundation for people who suffer from this disease and against the increase in their prevalence."An ambitious challenge for which you are always going to have us at your side," said Martín.
In addition, the counselor has emphasized "the work done" by the Government of La Rioja for two years with measures that have the objective of "improving the lives of people suffering from diabetes."
Thus, the head of Health has highlighted "the implementation of the chronicity strategy for the care of patients with diabetes from La Rioja, which with everyone's work is consolidated, or financing for children suffering from diabetes of the diabetes of theContinuous flash type glucose meters. "
In this regard, Martín has announced that "in the coming months we will promote new measures that will contribute to all patients with Diabetes de la Rioja greater security, greater follow -up by the professionals of their pathology and that will give the patient aKey participation in decision making of your own care. "
The president of Riojan associated diabetics, Alfonso Hernáiz, the vice president of Navarra Diabetes, Humberto Pérez de Leiva, and the employer of the Diabetes Foundation, Jaume Picazos.
Diabetes
Diabetes is a chronic disease that appears when the pancreas does not produce sufficient insulin (type 1) or when the organism does not effectively use the insulin it produces (type 2).
The prevalence of diabetes in Spain is 13.8% of the population, of them, half of the patients do not know that the disease suffers.In La Rioja 18,000 people have a record of this diagnosis in their medical history, but it is estimated that another 18,000 people have non -diagnosed diabetes, because in their initial stages it does not cause symptoms.
Walk through 2018 Diabetes
The 'Reta to Diabetes' campaign is an initiative with which they wantMessage that sports can be done with diabetes and overcome any challenge.
This year, the challenge walks through diabetes began on May 28 with a group of people with type 1 diabetes and type 2 of associations of Navarra, Vizcaya, Guipúzcoa, Álava, Logroño and El Bierzo, among others, which have completed inSix stages of the Navarro road, from Roncesvalles, passing through Zubiri, Pamplona, Puente la Reina, Estella, Torres del Río, until reaching Logroño.
The Diabetes Foundation is a non -profit organization that works for the improvement of the quality of life of people with diabetes and fighting the increase in the prevalence of this disease.