Diabetes in Global HealthCORE: Global Health Practitioners Conference

Strengthening Community Health Systems through CHWS and Health System Strengthening

Helen McGuire

Director

Noncommunicable Diseases

PATH

October 17, 2014

PATH/Eric Becker

Diabetes in low resource settings

Low resource settings are seeing the greatest rise in diabetes and 80% are among the working population. It presents an enormous economic burden but awareness is low and diagnosis comes too late.

• Candidate diabetes/CVD technology for LRS: Non-invasive AGE screening

• Detect advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) in skin.

• Non-invasive, no disposables needed, low cost.

• Tested in 1,000-patient study in Chennai (Dr. Mohan—NIH/NIBIB funded).

Veralight Scout DS® System Diagnoptics AGE Reader Study team in Chennai

Innovate: New/adapted screening tools for diabetes

Advocate: Three-day advocacy workshop for NCD MoH representatives and thought leaders.

“It was a great opportunity to work with PATH and to learn from their global experience in policy advocacy. It was great as an NCD policymaker to appreciate the critical role this training may have in designing policy change solutions to address diabetes and other NCDs.”

– Dr. Kibachio Joseph, Head of NCD Control Unit, Kenya

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Integrate: Bring care closer to home

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Optimize: No Empty Shelves: Diabetes supplies, there when needed.

Innovation required to:

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• Engage communities and families in prevention and detection

• Maximize the use of current health platforms

• Expand the reach of health care workers bringing care closer to home

• Offer consistent supply of affordable essential medicines and technologies