Globalization and Health
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 CommentaryThe Unite for Diabetes campaign: Overcoming constraints to find a global policy solutionKaren Siegel1  and KM Venkat Narayan2  1Associate, MATRIX Public Health Solutions, Inc., 85 Willow Street Suite 3, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA 2Hubert Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology, Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, USA  author email corresponding author email
Globalization and Health 2008,
4:3doi:10.1186/1744-8603-4-3
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Abstract
Despite the fact that diabetes and other non-communicable diseases represent a significant proportion of the global burden of disease, proportionate global action has not occurred. A 2003 article reported on global constraints to the implementation of effective policies to curb non-communicable disease epidemics. These constraints include a lack of global advocacy, insufficient attention from funding agencies and governments, partnerships and interactions, capacity and resources, and global norms and standards, as well as orientation of health services to acute care. Building on these ideas, this paper will review the progress that has been made with regards to each constraint, focusing on the International Diabetes Federation's Unite for Diabetes campaign and United Nations resolution on diabetes to show how this event – driven by globalization – has helped remove some of these barriers. Additional progress in diabetes and NCD prevention and control is also highlighted. The paper concludes by outlining what still needs to happen for globalization to be an effective solution for diabetes and non-communicable disease prevention and control. | 
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