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Diabetes caused more deaths in Mexico than A H1N1
Currently, 10 million Mexicans have the disease, of which more than two million are unaware they have it
Few studies regret that although diabetes is the leading cause of mortality in Mexico, few resources for research. (Photo: Archivo / EL UNIVERSAL)
Tuesday November 23, 2010
Ruth Rodriguez | El Universal
14:42
Diabetes causes more deaths than the H1N1 influenza virus in Mexico, according to members of the Diabetes Research Foundation (FIND).
Only in the 16 months, which included an epidemiological alert for the epidemic of influenza, there were 360 thousand deaths.
In that same period, 100 000 Mexicans died because of this disease, characterized by an excessive concentration of sugar in the blood, said Agust?n N??ez, president of the organization.
Nevertheless, he said, because it is an emerging epidemic, all sectors-government, academia, private sector and civil society of the country, engaged and participated in efforts to contain the influenza A virus H1N1.
The same, he said, should be done to curb the epidemic of diabetes now have 10 million Mexicans, of which more than two million unaware they have the disease.
On this civil organization, said parents like him who have children with diabetes type one, were grouped to form the Diabetes Research Foundation, which aims to educate, inform and warn the population about this disease, as well encouraging research.
He regretted that even though diabetes is the leading cause of mortality in Mexico, few resources are allocated for research in health institutions and universities.
"We have good researchers in the country, but many are underutilized," he said.
He added that requires the federal government gives more scholarships to doctors who are doing research on diabetes.
Carlos Mateo, director of the foundation, said that there are people that when they learn they have diabetes panics, a situation that should not have.
"Because a well-controlled diabetes can mean a healthy life," he said.
He clarified that although the majority of diabetics in Mexico there are two type, a significant percentage of people with type one diabetes, which should be treated differently.
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