A national diabetes care and education programme: the Ghana model

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dc.contributor.authorAmoah, A.G.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, S.K.
dc.contributor.authorAcheampong, J.W.
dc.contributor.authorAgyenim-Boateng, K.
dc.contributor.authorAsare, H.R.
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorMensah-Poku, M.F.
dc.contributor.authorAdamu, F.C.
dc.contributor.authorAmegashie, R.A.
dc.contributor.authorSaunders, J.T.
dc.contributor.authorFang, W.L.
dc.contributor.authorPastors, J.G.
dc.contributor.authorSanborn, C.
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, E.J.
dc.contributor.authorWoode, M.K.
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-26T17:54:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-19T11:56:39Z
dc.date.available2013-06-26T17:54:22Z
dc.date.available2017-10-19T11:56:39Z
dc.date.issued2000-08
dc.description.abstractAn account is given of how a national diabetes care and education programme was developed in Ghana, a developing country, through international collaboration of medical schools, industry and government health care institutions. The approach is by way of trained diabetes teams consisting of physicians, dietitians and nurse educators at two tertiary institutional levels (teaching hospitals) who in turn trained teams consisting of physicians, dietitians or diettherapy nurses, nurse educators and pharmacists at regional and district/sub-regional levels to offer care and education to patients and the community. In three years all regional and about 63% of sub- regional/district health facilities had trained diabetes health care teams, run diabetes services and had diabetes registers at these institutions. Additionally a set of guidelines for diabetes care and education was produced. All programme objectives with the exception of one (deployment of diabetes kits) were met. Distances to be travelled by persons with diabetes to receive diabetes care had been reduced considerably. The success of the project has given an impetus to the collaborators to extend the programme to the primary health care level. The continuing prohibitive prices of diabetes medications and supplies however, could be addressed by removing taxes on such supplies. The Ghana diabetes care model, a 'top-down' approach, initially involving two diabetes centres is recommended to other developing countries, which intend to incorporate diabetes care and education into their health care system.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmoah, A. G., Owusu, S. K., Acheampong, J. W., Agyenim-Boateng, K., Asare, H. R., Owusu, A. A., Mensah-Poku, M. F., Adamu FC., . . . Woode MK. (2000). A national diabetes care and education programme: the Ghana model. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 49(2-3), 149-157. Link to full text: http://hinari-gw.who.int/whalecomwww.sciencedirect.com/whalecom0/science/article/pii/S0168822700001406en_US
dc.identifier.issn01688227
dc.identifier.urihttp://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/4195
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDiabetes Research and Clinical Practiceen_US
dc.subjectCareen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectDiabetesen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectGuidelinesen_US
dc.subjectHospitalsen_US
dc.subjectImplementationen_US
dc.subjectNationalen_US
dc.subjectProgrammeen_US
dc.titleA national diabetes care and education programme: the Ghana modelen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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