Diabetes Care During 50 Years of Bangladesh

Abstract

Similar to many other countries around the world, Bangladesh is also suffering from a pandemic of diabetes. It makes the most significant contribution to morbidity and mortality in this country. Despite the high burden of diabetes, health care is still geared toward episodic care. The government has not yet invested substantial efforts into developing a national policy to detect, prevent, and control diabetes. Still, diabetes care is restricted to capital and other big cities. More than 60% of people with diabetes usually sought treatment and advice from private facilities, including the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh. For the past six decades, the Association has been trying to develop a proper organizational framework, health care, educational institutions, rehabilitation facilities for poor people with diabetes, appropriate diabetes prevention, and education programs. To address the pandemic, the country should focus on nationwide diabetes prevention and control programs, such as creating community awareness and changing lifestyle practices through well-designed public health programs. The country also needs public–private partnerships and multi-sectoral approaches to overcome the diabetes burden.

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“…In our study, being non-diabetic was significantly associated with longer patient, diagnostic, and total delays. In Bangladesh, a majority (over 50%) of diabetic patients are registered with the Bangladesh Diabetic Somity (BADAS) and predominantly seek care (95.2%) from BADAS’s private facilities, while only a small fraction (4.3%) turn to informal providers [ 65 ]. This organized care-seeking pattern among diabetic patients likely contributes to their shorter delays compared to non-diabetic individuals.…”