The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization is launching a three-year project in Uzbekistan and KyrgyzstanЖ “Improving access to services for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in primary health care”.
This was announced at a high-level event with the participation of representatives of the ministries of health of the two countries, which was held on November 15 by the World Health Organization and the World Diabetes Foundation.
As Gazeta.uz was told in the WHO office, the project, co-financed by the World Diabetes Foundation, has a budget of more than $ 1 million and will contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including reducing premature mortality from NCDs by one third by 2030 and ensuring universal health coverage.
Diabetes is one of the four main types of noncommunicable diseases. According to the International Diabetes Federation, more than 425 million people worldwide suffer from this disease, and most of them are patients with type 2 diabetes. In Uzbekistan, the number of patients with diabetes mellitus is more than 245 thousand, of which more than 2300 children and 879 adolescents.
The aim of the project is to help achieve universal health coverage by improving the quality of control and prevention of complications of NCDs in clinical practice, with a focus on primary health care. This should improve the quality of self-management of NCDs and chronic conditions through therapeutic education of patients and expand the competence of nurses and other health professionals, as well as strengthen strategic leadership through the implementation of evidence-based policy and the introduction of a systematic approach to clinical management and quality improvement. noted in the WHO.
The project should result in strengthening the capacity of primary health care teams, training nurses on foot care for diabetic patients and prevention of diabetic foot, increasing the number of diabetic patients registered with diabetes self-management training, regular foot examinations and screening for diabetic retinopathy, and achieving better control of diabetes and blood pressure in diabetic patients.
