An approach to diabetes prevention and management: the Bhutan experience.

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dc.contributor.authorDorji, Tandin
dc.contributor.authorYangchen, Pemba
dc.contributor.authorDorji, Chencho
dc.contributor.authorNidup, Tshering
dc.contributor.authorZam, Kinley
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-26T09:32:46Z
dc.date.available2016-09-26T09:32:46Z
dc.date.issued2016-04
dc.description.abstractBhutan has been witnessing a trend of increasing diabetes in recent years. The increase is attributed to a rise in risk factors such as overweight, high blood pressure, unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle among the population. To address the rising burden, the health-services response has been to establish diabetes clinics in all hospitals and grade one basic health units. People visiting the health centres who have high risk factors and symptoms for diabetes are screened using the World Health Organization cut-off level for blood glucose. They are then classified into prediabetes and diabetes. Accordingly, diet, medicine and physical activity are recommended as per their body mass index. To improve prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases, which include diabetes, the country piloted the WHO Package of Essential Noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care in low-resource settings in 2009, to promote early screening, treatment and follow-up, and adopted it in 2013. The WHO PEN has now been successfully integrated into the primary health-care system nationwide. It is planned that diabetes clinics will be upgraded to NCD clinics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWHO South-East Asia Journal of Public Health 2016;5(1): 44-47.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/177467
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWHO Regional Office for South-East Asiaen_US
dc.rightsWHO Regional Office for South-East Asiaen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.searo.who.int/publications/journals/seajph/issues/seajphv5n1p44.pdfen_US
dc.subjectBhutanen_US
dc.subjectdiabetesen_US
dc.subjectnoncommunicable diseasesen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectrisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectscreeningen_US
dc.subjecttreatmenten_US
dc.titleAn approach to diabetes prevention and management: the Bhutan experience.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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