The Councilor for Health of the City Council of Vélez-Málaga, Juan Carlos Ruiz Pretel, and the president of the Vanesa Molina Association, have reported the different objectives in order to inform about the disease and promote related activities and days.
The Councilor for Health has commented that "from this government we support associations and entities that aim to promote healthy lifestyle habits and with the care and prevention of diseases, and in this case those people suffering from diabetes."
He also recalled that according to the data of the Federation of Spanish Diabetics "14 percent of the Spanish population suffers from this disease and that is why this association we present will have a very important role in awareness."
Molina has also specified that the projects and programs that the association will launch will be in the network, you really know ourselves in social networks, the creation of a training program called the School of Patients, to exchange information about theDisease through self -help forums, group and coexistence therapies.
'Diabetological Education' will also be launched to carry out training workshops for the management of hyper and hypoglycemia, food and healthy habits, as well as the program 'received after the debut' formed by Adiaxa's information and advice services in collaboration in collaborationwith the East health area of Malaga Axarquía.
Within the organization chart of the group that has been announced on Wednesday, Vanesa Molina will take the presidency of the association, Silvana Blanc will occupy the vice presidency and Arantxa Bermúdez will take the Secretariat.Subsequently, the Conference 'Past, present and future of diabetes' took place, by Francisco Rodríguez, specialist in internal medicine and clinical analysis at the Polyclinic of Specialties Axarquía Health in Vélez-Málaga
The Vélez-Málaga City Council and Adiaxa representatives already organized different activities prior to the formal registration of the group on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, a date that is commemorated on November 14.
On the occasion of that day, blue balloons were released on the Paseo de Andalucía, identifying that day, and both the source of the Virgen del Carmen de Torre del Mar and the hermitage of the Cerro de San Cristóbal illuminated.