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CHC open house on World Diabetes Day
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Posted on Nov 10 2006
The CNMI will once again join the entire nation in the observance of World Diabetes Day on Nov. 14.
Commonwealth Health Center physical therapist Dana McFadden said the CHC Physical Department would be holding an open house at the CHC PT Dept on Nov. 14 from 1pm to 4pm.
McFadden said the open house is open to anyone in the community.
“We will be providing education, free foot inspection, free eye examination, diet advice and will have healthy snacks available,” said McFadden, adding that the objective of the event is to further increase the community’s knowledge of diabetes and its complications, as well as provide information on prevention.
The PT Department will be providing handouts on Diabetic Foot Care, Diabetic Wounds, Blood Glucose Management with Diet, Routine Physician Visits and Examinations, and Healthy Lifestyle.
This year’s World Diabetes Day theme is “Diabetes and the Disadvantaged and Vulnerable.” Last year’s theme was “Diabetes and Foot Care.” McFadden said the event next week would incorporate both themes into our open house.
“This is the first open house we have held for World Diabetes Day,” she added.
According to the World Diabetes Day website, there are more than 200 million people worldwide that have diabetes and many of them do not receive the care that they need. “The International Diabetes Federation has chosen 2006 as the year of the disadvantaged and the vulnerable,” read part of the website.
The World Diabetes Day 2006 campaign, with a running slogan “Diabetes Care for Everyone,” aims to raise awareness of communities and groups in both developed and developing countries that experience difficulties in accessing optimal healthcare, either because they are outside the healthcare system, or for some reason are less likely to access or are less aware of the services available to them.
World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on Nov. 14. IDF and World Health Organization established it in 1991 to coordinate diabetes advocacy worldwide. Since then, it has become the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes community.
