Innovations and support for Palestine refugees with diabetes

Objectives

To sustain, expand and refine outcomes of previously WDF supported UNRWA projects (WDF10-555, WDF11-614, WDF14-898, and WDF16-1406) to further improve preventive and curative measures.

Approach

Educate and empower diabetes patients through introduction of a NCD booklet and a NCD e-booklet mobile application, which will provide home-based records for better self-care and improved disease management.
Establish ‘Patient’s Health Stations’ at UNRWA clinics with innovative / interactive education material and exercise equipment.
Further building of UNRWA health personnel to implement new approaches via comprehensive care training using a ToT approach.
Expand existing UNRWA diabetes e-health system by applying a clinical audit approach (as in WDF11-614) with clinical indicators to monitor changes and measure the impact of the new interventions (data to be disaggregated by gender and age); KAP survey also to be conducted among both staff and patients.

Results at completion

A sustainable, evidence-based diabetes management and prevention programme in all 143 UNRWA health centres serving 5 million registered refugees.
1,105 UNRWA medical doctors and 697 UNRWA nurses at the 143 UNRWA health centres with increased capacity to deliver a holistic diabetes program for patients and their families.
248,000 refugee diabetes patients directly served and educated in how to use the new NCD booklet or NCD e-booklet to manage their diabetes.
80 selected UNRWA health centres equipped with ‘Patient’s Health Stations’.

Project information

  • Project Nr.:
    WDF17-1545
  • Project status:
    Completed
  • Intervention areas:
    Access to care
    Advocacy and stakeholder engagement
    Prevention
  • Region:
    Middle East and North Africa
  • Country:
    Jordan
    Lebanon
  • Partners:
    United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Jordan
  • Project period:
    2018 2021
  • Project budget:
    USD 271,789.17
  • WDF contribution:
    USD 271,789.17