Diabetes care in refugee camps: The experience of UNRWA

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Shahin, Yousef ^a   Kapur, Anil ^b   Seita, Akhiro ^a  

^a UNRWA   (Jordan)

^b World Diabetes Foundation (WDF)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Diabetes; Hypertension; NCD global targets; UNRWA health system

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; METFORMIN;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXERCISE; FOOT CARE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; PALESTINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REFUGEE CAMP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED NATIONS; WORK EXPERIENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE EAST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REFUGEE; UNITED STATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE EAST; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926206453     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2015.01.035     Document Type: Review

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