Call for the National Boards of Health and the Maritime Administrations to introduce valid screening for type 2 diabetes at the maritime medical examinations.

1Centre for Maritime Health and Society, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark 2Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark 3University of Cadiz FUECA, Sociedad Española de Medicina Marítima (SEMM)/Sanidad Marítima, Tarragona, Spain 4Seafarers’ Health Unit, Brest, France 5ANO DPO Maritime Medicine, Moscow, Russian Federation 6Faculty of Management and Development Studies, University of the Philippines Open University, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines 7Sanidad Marítima (ISM), Barcelona, Spain 8National Research Centre for Work Environment, Occupational Medicine Clinic, Bispebjerg, Denmark 9Caja Seguro Social, Vacamonte Rep. of Panamá, Panama 10Public Health Institute, Klinisk Socialmedicin og Rehabilitering, Aarhus, Denmark