CII and Eli Lilly & Company in collaboration with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare released the National White Paper on ‘Synergizing Efforts in Diabetes Care at the Tertiary Level’ at the ‘3rd National NCD Summit 2015’ on 12 August, 2015 at New Delhi.
This National White Paper is intended to strengthen the policies and practices around diabetes management and care at the tertiary level and has brought together Government, public and private tertiary care providers operating in this space of management of complications arising out of Diabetes.
The recommendations included herein were derived from 6 intensive multi-stakeholder regional consultations around Diabetic complications of Retinopathy, Neuropathy, Stroke, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Cardio Vascular Disease, Nephropathy and Infections including tuberculosis in diabetes.
Each regional workshop had participation from endocrinologists and specialists in the identified theme and was supported by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and policy makers from key government institutes and organizations.