Regional diabetes centres

Area	Cuba	0 related documents in the library
Partners	Cuban Ministry of Health, Fundación para la Diabetes (Spain)
Project responsible	Dr. O. Díaz Díaz
Duration	July 2003 - December 2010
Project budget	EUR 316,100
WDF contribution	EUR 194,774
Fundación para la Diabetes contribution	EUR 82,900
Project number	WDF02-020

The project aims to improve diabetes care in Cuba by completing the national network of Educational and Medical Care Centres for Diabetics (CEADs).

Expected impact

• Ten provincial diabetes centres will be established
• Over a 3 year period, around 102,000 people with diabetes will use the new diabetes centres
• 600 diabetes doctors will attend an additional 12,600 people with diabetes in their local communities per year
• The project aims to achieve a 10% reduction in diabetes related complications

Results to date

• The national Educational and Medical Care Centre for Diabetics (CEAD) in Havana has been refurbished.

• 8 out of the 10 CEADs have been inaugurated and are running well (Santa Clara, Las Tunas, Cienfuegos, City of Havana, Bayamo, Bauta, Ciego de Avila and Sancti Spiritus). Only the diabetes care centres of Camagüey and Isla de la Juventud are still not operational.

• Doctors from a total of 498 polyclinics nationwide have been trained in diabetes. Furthermore, all the 498 polyclinics have established diabetes care services as per request by the Ministry of Health.

Project details

Cuba has around 300,000 people with diabetes. Diabetes is the 7th most common cause of death in the country. Cuba's national diabetes programme includes 3 levels; the level of the family doctor, the level of hospitals and Educational and Medical Care Centres for Diabetics and the level of the National Institute of Endocrinology which is national reference centre for the centres. At present, Educational and Medical Care Centres for Diabetics (CEADs) have been established in 6 provinces, but the remaining 9 provinces are uncovered. These include Granma, Las Tunas, Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spriritus, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Habana and the municipality of Isla de la Juventud.  Approach This project is a collaboration among 3 partners: the National Institute of Endocrinology in Cuba, Spain's Fundacion para la Diabetes and the World Diabetes Foundation. The project seeks to complete the national network of the CEADs including modernisation of the national reference centre at the National Institute of Endocrinology. Four CEADs will be established during the first year, 4 during the second year and 2 during the third and last year. A project medical team will consist of: 20 endocrinologists 20 other medical specialists 20 nurses 10 podiatrists 10 dieticians 20 educators 10 psychologists This team is provided by the Cuban Ministry of Health and will be supported at the community level by 600 doctors trained in diabetes.

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