Diabetes practice guidelines

Area Partner Project responsible Duration Project budget/WDF contribution Project number

Sub-Saharan Africa IDF Africa Region Dr. K. Ramaiya April 2003 - July 2008 USD 147,500 WDF02-007

Objective

The project aims to provide and promote standardised clinical guidelines for diabetes care to improve the quality of care given to people living with diabetes in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Expected Impact

• Improved overall standard of care for people with diabetes
• Outline minimum standards of care
• Enable people with diabetes to have a good quality of life

Results to date

• The “Diabetes Practice Guidelines” were published June 2007 and can be downloaded in PDF format here - language versions in French and Portuguese will be available soon

Additional information on the project can be found here.

This page was last updated 11-6-2007 by taj.wdf