Diabetes affects more than 3 million people in France, including 500,000 who… ignore each other. To encourage screening and for the 9th consecutive year, pharmacists Giropharm and AFD reiterate their commitment to the fight and prevention of diabetes: a complete system is in place to reach patients, whether they are diabetics, their relatives or patients who ignore each other.
Preventive actions are therefore made available to the public (information, screening) and support for both types of diabetes with advice and support.
How to benefit from screening? You just have to go to the pharmacies of the GIROPHARM network. All pharmacies will be equipped with a screening area where people who want blood sugar tests and blood pressure measurements will be carried out. If necessary, the patient will be referred to his attending physician.
A lot of information will also be given there, such as disease risk factors : heredity, consequences of healthy living (diet, overweight, etc.) via brochures intended for this purpose.
In 2009, this operation made it possible to detect diabetes in an average of 30 people per pharmacy according to a TNS-Sofres survey.
Find out more
The Giropharm pharmacies website : www.giropharm.fr
Note that every Thursday in November, a discussion forum about the disease will take place on the website. A pharmacist will be connected and will respond directly to questions from Internet users.
AFD website : www.afd.asso.fr
