China's Ministry of Health (MOH) has launched a 2-year campaign program that will educate the 30 million diabetics in China about the disease and its care and management.

The said program is organized by Project HOPE (Health Opportunity for People Everywhere), an American non-profit organization, and co-sponsored by the American companies BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) and Eli Lilly and and the Swiss company Roche.

This campaign is an extension of the China Diabetes Education Program (CDEP) that commenced in 1998.

The CDEP, which offers comprehensive diabetes training to local-level medical and healthcare providers, has so far established 800 local hospitals and community care centers and trained nearly 37,000 medical workers.

The new project will establish model diabetes centers in Beijing and Shanghai in conjunction with the People's Hospital of Beijing University, Zhanlanlu Central Hospital and Ruijin Hospital.

Find more details about the diabetes campaign program from Project HOPE's press release.

Source: China Daily