Empowerment of the diabetes patient is crucial. Diabetes is now becoming a pandemic all across Europe. The treatment of diabetes is complex, involving numerous lifestyle adaptations and requiring a great deal of teaching and support. Health Consumer Powerhouse is therefore currently working on the inaugural Euro Consumer Diabetes Index (Diabetes Index). The Project Manager for the Diabetes Index is Dr. Beatriz Cebolla. The Diabetes Index will be launched and published on September 30^th. 

The reference panel assisting in that work consists of:

Dr. Inge Duimel  ( Netherlands ),

Dr. Gabriel Gímenez Pérez ( Spain ),

Prof. Simon Pruna ( Romania ),

Dr. Tarvo Rajasalu ( Estonia ),

Prof. Urban Rosenqvist ( Sweden ),

Dr. Eric Senneville ( France ),

Dr. Fred Storms ( Netherlands ),

Prof.  Jan Vavrinec  ( Czech Republic ).