The Sonia Nabeta Foundation (SNF) has established a clinic for children with type one diabetes (T1D) in Ghana.
The SNF, it was gathered, partnered with Sanford World Clinic (SWC) to achieve this.
According to the non-governmental organisation (NGO), the facility seeks to support the Ministry of Health’s objective of improving access to health care for children with the disease.
Services to be provided include consultations with a multidisciplinary team comprising pedi-atric endocrinologists, psychologists, dieticians, diabetic nurses and fellow warrior mentor.
It is also expected to provide free T1D essential medical supplies including insulin, glucom-eters, and stripes lancets as well as management tests such as full blood count, blue, creative lipid profile urinalysis.
Executive Director of the foundation, Vivian Nabeta, speaking at a ceremony marking this year’s World Diabetes Day, said type one diabetes does not have a known cause.
She stated that people diagnosed with type one diabetes face the immense challenge of the burden of care as managing type one diabetes is exceptionally expensive, hence why SNF is lending support to the Ministry of Health and its partners to reduce this cost and lessen the burden.
According to Statista, more than 4.16 million people in Ghana had type two diabetes between 2019 and 2022.
According to the World Bank collection of development indicators, diabetes prevalence (percentage of population ages 20 to 79) in Ghana was reported at 2.6 percent in 2021.
The Chief Medical Officer of SWC, Dr Kwaku Darkwa, urged the involvement of more stakeholders to ensure the improvement of patient outcomes as well as access to screening services to map out diabetes patience across the country.
Source: Ghanaian Times
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