Africa
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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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