12.07.2016Municipal Bank supports the education of children with diabetes
Municipal Bank is one of the sponsors of the First National Education of Innovative Treatment of Diabetes and Application of New Technological Facilities. On that event the children with diabetes and their parents will be presented with modern and high-tech facilities for therapy.
The education is a one-of-a-kind in Bulgaria and is entirely practical. It is of a key factor for the children with diabetes and their parents and will improve their skills for treatment and control of diabetes with more widely used new technologies. The leading lecturer is Prof. Dr. Maya Konstantinova – Head of "Department of Diabetes" at the Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Genetics at the University Hospital of Pediatrics - Sofia and Chairwoman of the Bulgarian National Association of Pediatric Endocrinology.
“During the last two decades the number of small children (under 6 years old) with diabetes increased. Bulgaria is not exception in those statistics.” – Prof. Dr. Maya Konstantinova alarmed. “The treatment with insulin nowadays is more successful and easier method and is guaranteeing a normal life of the children and also quality and continuance of life but it also requires greater involvement of the patient and his/her family”, added Prof. Dr. Konstantinova. They have to know the course of the treatment and to be in condition to make small steps in corrections and control every day. And that is why it is important to have those kinds of educational events.
Diabetes is a disease with the scale of a global epidemic and is expected to become a pandemic. According to the International Diabetes Federation there were diagnosed 415 million people worldwide or 1 out of 11 people has diabetes and every six seconds someone dies from this disease. During 2015 only in Europe the people who suffered from diabetes are 58.9 million, including 140 000 children with type 1 diabetes and each year new 21 600 children are diagnosed. According to the Ministry of Health in Bulgaria the people who suffer from diabetes are around 500 000.
“The children of Bulgaria need support and because of that we decided to help organize a National Education. This way the children will have more opportunities for having fulfilled and happy life” – explained Sasho Tchakalski, Executive Director and Chairman of the Management Board of Municipal Bank. During the years the Bank supported financially the organization of different health and social initiatives dedicated to prevention and treatment of various diseases.
The organizer of the National Education is NGO "Culture without Borders". So far they have educated more than 1 000 medical specialists. Now they are educating the children and their parents. "Our goal is to reach all children with diabetes from small and big settlements and help them” said Iveta Pandova, organizer of the education. She herself is a mother of a child with diabetes. The First National Education will take place from 11 to 15 July in Razlog.