Diabetes Educator
Nursing Officers (DENO)
Health Care Model of Primary
tertiary Care Partnership
Prevention of Diabetes
Through
Health Promotion
Nirogi Mātha
Gestational Diabetes Care
Nirogi Pāda
Diabetes Foot Care
Nirogi Diviya
Primary prevention of Diabetes (Colombo District)
Nirogi Diviya
Kaluthara – 6 MOH areas
Colombo – 5 MOH areas
Colombo CMC area
Ratnapura-3 MOH areas
Kandy -4 MOH areas
Galle- 5 MOH areas
Kurunegala -3 MOH areas
Overview
The Government of Sri Lanka of including the Ministry of Health is committed towards a free health service with special emphasis placed on quality care. It has recognized the need for targeting chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD), in particular the rapidly increasing number of diabetics within the lower socio-economic strata.
The Aim
The project aimed to prevent vulnerable communities from developing diabetes and its complications including CVD. It also aimed to improve the quality of diabetic care with enhanced secondary prevention in the delivery of care specifically in gestational diabetes and the diabetic foot. Since it particularly targeted the lower socio-economic groups, this project fulfilled the necessary criteria as a charitable project.
The Goal
Special Shoes For Diabetic Patients
The country’s leading footwear and apparel brand, DSI recently joined hands once again with Nirogi Sri Lanka on a campaign to promote the use of specially produced shoes for diabetic patients. The primary objective of the partnership is the creation of awareness about the importance of providing proper care for those suffering of diabetes, including