Diabetes prevention and treatment: a global perspective
Currently, global differences in diabetes epidemiology and pathophysiology and disparities in diabetes prevention and management are not well understood. We commissioned a series of reviews on this theme addressing topics from the importance of including diverse populations in diabetes research (Chaturvedi and Voight et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06516-1) to global differences in the prevalence of diabetes types (e.g. type 2 diabetes, hyperglycaemia in pregnancy and monogenic diabetes [Gong et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06478-4; Yuen et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06510-7; Russ-Silsby et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06495-3), metabolic disorders (Boddu et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06450-2) and the development of complications (Luk et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06482-8), the challenges of diabetes prevention in migrant populations and the Arctic Inuit (Bennet and Agyemang, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06465-9; Nielsen et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06487-3), global disparities in access to diabetes technologies and therapeutics (Addala et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06494-4), and the relevance of ancestral and/or ethnic diversity in precision medicine (Shivani Misra, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06513-4). In addition, we include a review on diabetes management in man-made and natural disasters (Boulton and Jenkins et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06406-6), and the EASD Global Council calls for a coordinated global approach to diabetes research and care to promote equitable healthcare for all (Giorgino et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06504-5). Most importantly, we have also included the diverse lived experiences of individuals with diabetes across the globe in this special issue to provide a more complete and inclusive understanding of the opportunities and challenges and highlight the importance of recognising the impact of diabetes on individuals from different backgrounds (Mytkolli et al, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06506-3). This series of reviews is accompanied by an editorial by Herder et al (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06511-6).
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