While the world strove to address the needs of the thousands with AIDS/HIV in Cambodia, another life threatening disease crept through the country: Diabetes.Maurits van Pelt, director of MoPoTsyo Patient Information Centre in Phnom Penh, recently published and article titled "Improving access to education and care in Cambodia," explaining the facts about Diabetes in Cambodia.
According to van Pelt, more than 250,000 people were known to have the disease four years ago. In fact, the World Health Organization believes that 7 out of 10 deaths in Cambodia are due to non-communicable diseases like Diabetes, yet only 1% of donations since then have gone to studying them.
The needs of Diabetics in Cambodia are tremendous. The Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE is working to meet these needs. In his article, van Pelt says:
The Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE in the capital, Phnom Penh (a HOPE worldwide chronic disease clinic) provides outpatient and inpatient care for people with long-term diabetes complications, such as kidney disease and cardiovascular problems – often admitted as emergency cases. Many poor people receive care in the outpatient system and are seen every two or three months. All treatment and medications, including insulin, are free of charge.
HOPE worldwide provides education on diabetes and its complications, as well as diet and foot care, in follow-up consultations and group sessions.
Go to www.HOPEww.org/cambodia
To read the full article, go to: http://www.diabetesvoice.org/en/articles/improving-access-to-education-and-care-in-cambodia
Visit us at www.HOPEww.org to learn more about all of HOPE worldwide's programs and see how you can be a part of global change to bring hope to some of the world's most needy.
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