News By Rubiya Shaikh
For Daijiworld Media Network—Panaji (CN)
Panaji, Sep 20: Novo Nordisk Education Foundation, in association with the administration, announced the launch of two new healthcare initiatives for the state on Friday September 19. The first was the IMPROVE control in diabetes mobile clinic and the second was the workshop on diabetic foot care conducted by Alethea Foster, retired consultant podiatrist, Kings College, London.
The mobile clinic is for taking diabetes care to the grassroots level in India. The two initiatives were inaugurated by Vishwajeet Rane, state health minister, and Melvin D'Souza, managing trustee, Novo Nordisk Education Foundation.
The mobile clinic is a van designed to deliver high standards in diabetes detection and treatment facilitation. Equipped with blood glucose monitoring systems, weight check, and body mass index platforms (BMI), as well as patient education materials, the clinic will encourage doctors along its route to leverage facilities within the bus to monitor and ensure better glycaemic control of people in their respective regions.
'We welcome the Novo Nordisk Education Foundation initiative in diabetes care for the state of Goa. The 'Changing Diabetes Barometer' project holds promise in ensuring that the state places diabetes care on top of its healthcare agenda and benefits through best practices in diabetes care from across the globe. We aspire to make Goa a model state in diabetes care and urge people with diabetes in the state to come forward and avail of the various screening and awareness programmes planned,' said Rane.
Novo Nordisk had recently signed an MoU with the state government to implement the Changing Diabetes Barometer initiative in the state and the mobile clinic is the first step in this direction. The Changing Diabetes Barometer aims to capture important dimensions of the fight against diabetes and establish measurability, allowing the tracking and guidance of healthcare improvements.
'We are happy to launch the IMPROVE control in diabetes mobile clinic in Goa and thank the government of Goa for its support. This launch will reiterate our commitment to diabetes care in the state and help drive widespread awareness about diabetes and in the early detection of the same, so as to prevent the early onset of complications associated with diabetes. Novo Nordisk is committed to facilitating the redefinition of healthcare delivery systems around the needs of people with diabetes and to raising awareness about the global burden of diabetes,' said Melvin D'Souza, managing trustee, Novo Nordisk Education Foundation.