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Mexico to Target Diabetes Crisis with Prevention and Primary Care Reforms

Mexico Mexico to Target Diabetes Crisis with Prevention and Primary Care Reforms

Mexico Some 16 percent of Mexico’s population is battling diabetes—a number that represents one in five of the nation’s populace without including the vast numbers of undiagnosed Mexicans living with the disease. The new Mexican government has committed to reducing the burden of diabetes by stepping up primary care and preventive…

Gisela Ayala – Executive Director, Mexican Diabetes Federation

Mexico Gisela Ayala – Executive Director, Mexican Diabetes Federation

Mexico Gisela Ayala outlines the Mexican Diabetes Federation’s focus on educating people with diabetes, healthcare providers, and the general public to dispel myths and improve diabetes management. She highlights the significant progress in diabetes management technology as well as the challenges of ensuring equitable access to these innovations, and her priorities…

Gabriela Allard – President, Mexican Diabetes Association (AMD)

Mexico Gabriela Allard – President, Mexican Diabetes Association (AMD)

Mexico The Mexican Diabetes Association (AMD) is an organization dedicated to providing education and training to Mexicans living with diabetes and their families. President Gabriela Allard comments on the importance of raising awareness in a country with a serious obesity problem, the AMD’s various educational and prevention programmes, and the lack…

Mayra Galindo Leal – CEO, Mexican Association for the Fight Against Cancer (AMLCC)

Mexico Mayra Galindo Leal – CEO, Mexican Association for the Fight Against Cancer (AMLCC)

Mexico As the country’s most important patient organization for cancer, the Mexican Association for the Fight Against Cancer (AMLCC) focuses on education, prevention and patient support, as well as on influencing public affairs. CEO and long-term patient advocate Mayra Galindo walks us through some of the AMLCC’s milestones, including the creation…

Ana Riquelme Francistain – Executive Director, AMID

Mexico Ana Riquelme Francistain – Executive Director, AMID

Mexico Ana Riquelme Francistain, executive director of the MedTech trade group Asociación Mexicana de Industrias Innovadoras de Dispositivos Médicos (AMID), details the trade and tax incentives that have favoured nearshoring from the US. Additionally, she outlines the sector’s regulatory advances, the important regulatory updates with respect to labelling, good manufacturing practices…

Interview: Roberto Aspiazu – Executive Director, Ecuadorian Business Committee (CEE); President, Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Ecuador

Ecuador Interview: Roberto Aspiazu – Executive Director, Ecuadorian Business Committee (CEE); President, Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Ecuador

Ecuador Roberto Aspiazu, executive director of the Ecuadorian Business Committee and honorary president of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Ecuador, comments on the country’s economic outlook and international trade relations with Mexico, the urgent need for Ecuador to shift its growth paradigm towards increased private investment and explains how the…

Rafael Gual Cosío – Director General, CANIFARMA, Mexico

Pharma Rafael Gual Cosío – Director General, CANIFARMA, Mexico

Pharma Rafael Gual, general director of CANIFARMA, the chamber that brings together multinational and local drug manufacturers, details how the organization is currently intensifying its efforts to ensure the pharmaceutical industry as a whole is officially recognized as a strategic Mexican industry by both the Ministries of Health and Economy, while…

IMSS (Mexican Institute of Social Security) Interview with Eduardo Gonzalez Pier, Financial Director, IMSS (Mexican Institute of Social Security)

IMSS (Mexican Institute of Social Security) IMSS is a central pillar in the Mexican healthcare system, covering all Mexicans working for the declared formal private sector. How do you assess the quality of the healthcare that is provided by IMSS? To assess the efficiency of our services, it is key to look at the amount of…

Mexican Diabetes Federation Interview with Claudia Duran, General Manager, Mexican Diabetes Federation

Mexican Diabetes Federation Could you give us a brief introduction to the Federacion Mexicana de Diabetes? The Mexican Diabetes Federation was established in 1988 by a group of people affected by diabetes, as well as families and health professionals interested in tackling this disease in a more effective and preventive way Nowadays our…