Latin America
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Diabetes is a growing health problem in Latin America.
Almost 6% of the adult population - or more than 16 million people suffer from diabetes. This figure is expected to rise to 32.7 million people in 2025. |
The World Diabetes Foundation supports the following projects in Latin America:
NATIONAL PROJECTS
BoliviaPrevention and early diagnosis of retinopathy (WDF07-247)
Foot care (WDF08-404)
Brazil
Diabetes treatment and resource mobilization (WDF05-132)
Living with diabetes - training for health personnel (WDF08-377)
Nutritional education for schools (WDF08-402)
Chile
E-access to diabetes education and information (WDF06-168)
Cuba
Regional diabetes centres (WDF02-020)
Strengthening care for diabetes/pregnancy in provincial capitals (WDF06-196)
Provincial centre for education and care (WDF06-200)
Jamaica and Panama
GDM diagnosis and treatment (WDF09-417)
Mexico
Training of diabetes educators (WDF09-430)
Diabetes prevention in schools, Mexico City (WDF10-510)
REGIONAL PROJECTS
Caribbean
School-based intervention programme (WDF05-139)
Quality improvement initiatives for diabetes (WDF07-260)
Step-by-Step foot care training, Barbados and St. Lucia (WDF09-438)
Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua)
Integrated chronic disease management model (WDF06-171)
Latin America (Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico)
E-learning for health professionals (WDF06-215)
South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela)
Prevention of foot complications (WDF05-135)
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This page was last updated 10-26-2010 by bisl.wdf |
