title: Introducing a multifaceted approach to the management of diabetes mellitus in resource-limited settings.
abstract: Globally diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications are placing an enormous burden on individual patients and countries alike. South Africa is a developing country already under enormous pressure from communicable diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis. Added to this is DM, which serves to fuel the interactions between communicable and non-communicable diseases. Data from KwaZulu-Natal Province (KZN) have demonstrated that the majority of patients with DM in the public healthcare sector are diagnosed and started on treatment at their local resource-limited healthcare clinics. This article describes introduction of a multifaceted approach to the management of DM in a resource-limited clinic at Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, KZN. Strategies like this may help provide a blueprint for other resource-limited healthcare facilities in developing countries.
authors.affiliation: Edendale Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. drspillay@iafrica.com.
authors.forename: Somasundram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pillay
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aldous
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D003906:Developing Countries; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010808:Physical Examination; D013019:South Africa