What is the Global Economic Burden of Diabetes?

Sebastian Vollmer

Lifestyle and demographic changes have led to diabetes becoming increasingly prevalent in rich and poor countries alike. In this video, SEBASTIAN VOLLMER assesses the global economic burden of diabetes. Going beyond previous studies in its recognition of the differing costs relating to such chronic conditions in both high and low-income countries, the research concludes that the economic burden of diabetes amounts to almost 2% of global GDP. With further work providing insight into how costs are likely to develop in the coming decades, Vollmer’s research helps policymakers to identify ways to reduce the economic burden of diabetes.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10651

Researcher

Sebastian Vollmer is Professor of Development Economics and director of the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CEMIS) at the University of Göttingen. Vollmer’s research focuses on development economics and global health. Regularly acting as a consultant to organizations including UNICEF, UNESCO, and The World Bank, in 2018, Vollmer, jointly with his team, received the Science Award from the German Society of Health Economics.

University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)

Founded in 1737, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is a research university of international renown with strong focuses in research-led teaching. The University is distinguished by the rich diversity of its subject spectrum particularly in the humanities, its excellent facilities for the pursuit of scientific research, and the outstanding quality of the areas that define its profile. From 2007 to 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen was rewarded funding from the Initiative of Excellence of the German Federal and State Governments with its institutional strategy for the future entitled “Göttingen.Tradition – Innovation – Autonomy”. The University was able to realise all measures of the concept. Now Göttingen University develops the successfully established measures further to continously advance the University’s positive developments in research and teaching. ( Source )