Development of Centres of Reference

SWEET’s main objective is to improve secondary prevention, diagnosis and control of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents by supporting the development of Centres of Reference (CORs) for pediatric and adolescent diabetes services across the EU.
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The SWEET project has five specific objectives:



Objective
Aim
Description  
   1
Overview of prevalence and related national programes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
to strengthen the knowledge base
    regarding the status of pediatric and  
    adolescent diabetes and related care in the EU
   2
Good practice recommendations to reduce inequalities and improve control promoting minimum standards
… to enhance and promote equal standards of
    treatment and care in pediatric and
    adolescent diabetes in the EU
   3
Recommendations of good practice stimulating implementation of pediatric education programes across the EU
… to improve control of diabetes and prevent
    complications by means of age appropriate
    patient education programes
  4
Recommendations to support healthcare professionals by developing and implementation pediatric training programes   
… to support healthcare professionals in
    providing high quality specialised care to
    children and adolescents with diabetes
  5
Report and toolbox for development of centres of reference (CORs) for pediatric and adolescents diabetes  
… to stimulate the development of centres of
    reference for pediatric and adolescent
    diabetes services in Europe