Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes- support services facilities available only in few city hospitals. Especially diabetics in rural India lack comprehensive diabetes care plan. NGO’s play key role in psychosocial-support/Counseling/rehabilitation in remote towns of india. Our Project aimed to formulate policy for trained personals to give better & cost-effective Diabetes- support services.Methods: We mobilized training resources from local primary Health-cent...

Issues: Newer anti-diabetic therapies out of reach of >84% populations of Asia. Pharmaceuticals donot provide price discounts in resource-constrained-countries. incidence of insulin resistance neglected issue in resource-poor nations. Diabetes forums failed to address this concern. Hence we formed liaison study group of four clinics to analyse this issue and make policy paper. Resource poor nations have little technical expertise/manpower to study insulin resistance. Lack ...

Issues: In developing nations diagnosis of diabetes brings mental-trauma/depression in family. Focused treatment for pediatric age-group is unavailable in developing-countries. 26% of diagnosed diabetics are children’s. Adequately trained physicians/Nurses in issues of pediatric-diabetes provide continuity of care, relief from depression and smooth transition from diagnosis to treatment. Qualitative collaborative relationship between these makes diabetics life bearable. O...

Adolescent diabetes social stigma in India. Such diabetics needs proper guidance/information/treatment-counselling outlets. This is burning issue in developing-nations like India. Hence we all need to unite and form a comprehensive diabetes care and counselling policy plan at ICE/ECE-meeting-2012. Treatment options must be suitable for developing-nations considering cost of Rx. Incorporating NGO’s in such efforts is very effective.Our project method...