ReviewCurrent diabetes reports2015
The impact of health systems on diabetes care in low and lower middle income countries.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of tests for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
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- Training Community Health Workers for Diabetes Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review.JMIR diabetes · 2026Review
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- Economic impact of COVID-19 on patients with type 2 diabetes in Kenya and Tanzania: a costing analysis.BMJ public health · 2024Article
- Access to medicines for the treatment of chronic diseases in Chile: qualitative analysis of perceived patient barriers and facilitators in five regions of the country.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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- Development and validation of an interprofessional collaborative educational module on the self-management of foot for individuals with type II diabetes mellitus in India.F1000Research · 2024Article
- Identifying the necessary capacities for the adaptation of a diabetes phenotyping algorithm in countries of differing economic development status.Global health action · 2023Article
- Barriers and Facilitators in Access to Diabetes, Hypertension, and Dyslipidemia Medicines: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2022Article
- Burden of Diabetes Mellitus in Nepal: An Analysis of Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.Journal of diabetes research · 2022Article
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Abstract
This review will highlight the current challenges and barriers to diabetes management in low and lower middle income countries using the World Health Organization's 6 Building Blocks for Health Systems (service delivery; healthcare workforce; information; medical products, vaccines and technologies; financing; and leadership and governance). Low and lower middle income countries are characterized by low levels of income and insufficient health expenditure. These countries face a shift in disease burden from communicable to non-communicable diseases including diabetes. Many argue that health systems in these countries do not have the capacity to meet the needs of people with chronic conditions such as diabetes. A variety of barriers exist in terms of organization of health systems and care, human resources, sufficient information for decision-making, availability and affordability of medicines, policies, and alleviating the financial burden of care. These health system barriers need to be addressed, taking into account the need to have diabetes included in the global development agenda and also tailoring the response to local contexts including the needs of people with diabetes.
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