Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Keith Vaz (Labour), on Wednesday, 18 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 29 members in total.

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GLOBAL DIABETES PREVALENCE

That this House is deeply alarmed by a recent study by the University of East Anglia, which found that diabetes affects around 382 million people worldwide, a figure expected to rise to 592 million by 2035; is concerned that the consistently increasing economic impact of this disease on low, middle and high income countries is having extremely negative consequences for public health services; notes that two-thirds of type 2 diabetes cases are now diagnosed in low-income and middle-income nations, with particularly high levels of prevalence in Mexico, India, China and Egypt; and calls on the Government to include diabetes-related public health measures in relevant international development programmes.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

892 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

John McDonnell

Kelvin Hopkins

John Leech

Mary Glindon

Subjects

Diseases Health education

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk