Setting up of 4 diabetic clinics in 2 targeted districts.
4 diabetic clinics with special arrangement for diabetic foot care will be set up at the targeted 2 districts. The primary objective of this programme is to reach the primary care and treatment of diabetes and diabetic foot ulcers at the door-step of the indigenous people. Through the project local doctors and surgeons were trained in diabetes and foot care, incl. ulcer management through a three-day course conducted by state level experts. Hereafter community health workers will be trained to form field teams which will provide basic diabetes care and prevention at the village level. The teams will consist of both ASHA workers and traditional healers who will participate in a five-day training program on diabetes prevention, diagnostics and care. Later on, the teams will also be trained in diabetes foot screening and management and they will be provided with diabetes foot care kits. Screening and awareness camps will be organised across the villages where at- risk persons will be screened and health education will be provided to all.