PHFI to scale-up its ‘Diabetes Capacity Programme’

Aims to expand professional capacity of specialised and primary care physicians in India and South Asia

Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) reaffirmed its commitment to scale-up its‘Diabetes Capacity Programme’ in India, and further taking it to various countries in the South Asia region.

PHFI’s Diabetes Capacity Program aims at expanding the professional capacity of general physicians in the areas of research and development, medical education and awareness in diabetes management in India and the South Asia region. As part of the Diabetes Capacity Program, more than 5,000 physicians in partnership with global partners and universities, in addition to Indian and South Asian states and countries, will benefit from accredited clinical diabetes and chronic diseases management training programmes. These programmes will equip clinicians with skills to avert diabetes and related complications such as heart and blood vessel diseases, lung diseases, chronic kidney diseases, cancers, arthritis, thyroid dysfunction, strokes and many other conditions in its early stages.

Representing PHFI at the World Diabetes Congress 2015, in Vancouver, Prof D Prabhakaran, Vice President Research – PHFI, said, “PHFI reaffirms its commitment to improve health outcomes of people and will embark upon a renewed roadmap to address the current constraints in the health system to effectively manage diabetes and its associated complications in India and the rest of the South Asian continent. In this context it becomes essential that there are quality educational initiatives that aid the healthcare community in clinical diagnosis and management of diabetes. The various diabetes courses at PHFI will meet these challenges and help physicians improve their knowledge of diabetes, related complications, diagnosis and management, through more systematic and structured contact programmes.”