To mark World Diabetes Day, Novo Nordisk Education Foundation (NNEF) and Novo Nordisk India Pvt Ltd have launched a 1000-day Challenge programme along with leading healthcare practitioners to address uncontrolled diabetes in India.
Uncontrolled Diabetes is a serious challenge in India with over Rs 63,000 crore incurred in healthcare costs per year due to diabetes. The challenge intends to improve awareness and education amongst 1.5 lakh practitioners and 10,000 paramedics through over 6,000 medical meetings and continuous medical education programmes.
Dr AK Das, senior Professor, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences said: “HbA1c levels will be adopted as the key performance indicator. The India Diabetes Care Index reveals that the current average HbA1c of India is 8.56% against the usually recommended target of <7%.