Recommendations from 'Improving health outcomes of people with diabetes: Target setting for the WHO Global Diabetes Compact' for the Indian context: Laudable but are they achievable?

Affiliations

¹ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.
² National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands, University of Leicester, UK.

Editorial

Harini Sathanapally et al. Natl Med J India. 2023 Sep-Oct.

. 2023 Sep-Oct;36(5):281-282.

doi: 10.25259/NMJI_713_2023.

¹ Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.
² National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands, University of Leicester, UK.

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Improving health outcomes of people with diabetes: target setting for the WHO Global Diabetes Compact.
Gregg EW, Buckley J, Ali MK, Davies J, Flood D, Mehta R, Griffiths B, Lim LL, Manne-Goehler J, Pearson-Stuttard J, Tandon N, Roglic G, Slama S, Shaw JE; Global Health and Population Project on Access to Care for Cardiometabolic Diseases. Gregg EW, et al. Lancet. 2023 Apr 15;401(10384):1302-1312. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00001-6. Epub 2023 Mar 14. Lancet. 2023. PMID: 36931289 Free PMC article.

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