Diabetes treatment and resource mobilization

Area Partner Project responsible Duration Project budget WDF contribution Project number

Brazil National Federation of Diabetes Associations & Entities (FENAD) Prof. Dr. Fadlo Fraige Filho March 2006 - March 2010 USD 4,036,093 USD 460,318 WDF05-132

Objective

The project seeks to improve diabetes treatment in 51 low-income medium-sized cities in Brazil.

Expected impact

• 765 health care professionals and administrative staff from 51 target cities trained in diabetes education and treatment as well as resource mobilization
• 3,060 health care professionals in 153 municipalities educated in diabetes care at the community level
• At least 244,800 people with diabetes in 204 Brazilian cities will benefit directly or indirectly by improved diabetes care in their home towns
• At least 125,000 people with diabetic retinopathy offered ophthalmologic services to prevent blindness

Results to date

• 100 trainers have been trained through ‘training-of-trainers’ (ToT) courses in six pilot-cities; Pirapora, Janauba, Montes Claros, Cajamar, Marilia and Teresina
• 793 health care professionals from 143 public health care centres have been trained by the ToTs
• 2159 community health care workers connected to the public health care centres trained by health care professionals
• A total of 21 cities of the remaining 45 to participate in the project have been named by the health authorities

Additional information on the project can be found here.

This page was last updated 11-9-2007 by sfh.wdf