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Diabetes used to be viewed as a rare disease in Africa.

In the last 30 - 40 years this situation has changed. Diabetes is now regarded as a major health problem and challenge throughout Africa.

The World Diabetes Foundation presently supports the following projects in Africa:

Burundi

Community health care and education network (WDF07-249)
Combating ignorance of diabetes in rural areas (WDF08-367)

Cameroon

Prevention and treatment of diabetic retinopathy (WDF06-177)
Screening and management of gestational diabetes (WDF07-278)
Diabetes and HIV/AIDS (WDF08-346)

Democratic Republic of Congo

Improving diabetes care (WDF05-128)

Eritrea

Reduction of diabetes burden (WDF06-194)

Ghana

Community diabetes care (WDF05-104)

Guinea Conakry

Improvement of access to diabetes care (WDF07-284)

Kenya

Diabetes education programme (WDF04-085)
Diabetic foot care (WDF07-302)

Malawi

Improved diabetes care (WDF08-365)

Mali

Improved prevention and care for diabetes and diabetic foot (WDF07-251)

Mauritius

National service framework for diabetes (WDF07-267)

Mozambique

Improving diabetes care (WDF04-066)

Nigeria

Strategies for improving diabetes care (WDF08-321)

Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

Replication of Diabcare in 3 provinces (WDF07-258)

Rwanda

Training of health care providers and educators (WDF06-158)

Seychelles

Improving access to diabetes care (WDF04-090)
Clinical management of diabetes (WDF06-216)

South Africa

Early identification of diabetes in HIV-positive people (WDF06-172)
School-based intervention programme (WDF06-174)
Chronic care for Diabetes (WDF07-253)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Diabetes education manual (WDF02-006)
Diabetes practice guidelines (WDF02-007)
Regional paediatric diabetes and endocrinology capacity development programme (WDF07-263)

Sudan

Mobile diabetes care delivery (WDF06-164)
Diabetes care promotion (WDF06-181)
Gestational Diabetes (WDF06-207)
Eye care for children with diabetes WDF08-350
Prevention of major amputations among people with diabetes (WDF08-359)
Childhood diabetes programme (WDF08-369)

Tanzania

Improving access to diabetes care (WDF02-031)
Strenghtening referral system (WDF05-102)
Diabetes care in the private sector (WDF06-212)
Diabetes awareness, care and referral in Lake Zone (WDF07-265)
A step ahead of Step-by-Step (WDF07-291)
Training of orthopaedic surgeons (WDF08-347)

Community and school outreach (WDF09-450)

Togo

Training of diabetes awareness educators (WDF07-237)

Uganda

National diabetes prevalence study (WDF05-124)
National NCD Programme (WDF06-222)
Arua district community outreach (WDF08-327)
Improving diabetes care in ten districts (WDF06-199)

West Africa

Training in diabetes care (WDF05-118)

 

This page was last updated 2-9-2010 by bisl.wdf


 

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