The National Health Insurance Company will finance by five home blood glucose tests to measure the blood sugar level of children diagnosed with diabetes, Minister of Health Ruxanda Glavan said in an international conference held to mark World Diabetes Day whose theme this year is “Eyes on Diabetes”, IPN reports.

Ruxanda Glavan said international experience shows screenings on adult target groups are the most efficient and emphasis in 2017 will be placed on these. The insulin used by diabetics is fully compensated by the state. Those who receive treatment with insulin analogs can already go to the family doctor, at the place of residence, to get the medicine.

Boris Golovin, head of the Association of Patients with Diabetes, said many persons go to see a doctor too late, when they experience serious complications already. Among the factors that lead to diabetes are the sedentary way of life, obesity, incorrect nourishment, smoking and alcohol abuse.

Diabetes is one of the most spread non-transmitted chronic diseases and most frequent endocrinal disease. It can lead to blindness, renal insufficiency, vascular disease, etc. In Moldova, diabetes-related morbidity rose 1.5 times during the last ten years, to over 83,500 sick people in 2014, with almost 400 of these being children. Mortality from diabetes was 10.6 cases per 100,000 people, with 1/3 of these being among people able to work.

World Diabetes Day is celebrated annually on November 14. Led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by IDF and the World Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes.