Training manual to help healthcare professionals in the diagnosis, treatment of children with diabetes in developing countries.
In collaboration with the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) Novo Nordisk has developed a training manual specific to the diagnosis, treatment and organising of diabetes care for children in developing countries.
 Childhood diabetes has a high mortality rate in developing countries, where life expectancy for a child with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes is typically less than one year. There is an urgent need to improve the conditions for children with diabetes in the world’s poorest countries, where access to insulin and monitoring tools as well as well-trained and knowledgeable healthcare professionals are vital. The development of this manual is therefore a significant part of the holistic Changing Diabetes® in Children programme.
From the outset, the partners behind the Changing Diabetes® in Children programme acknowledged that it is necessary to build the capacity of healthcare professionals in developing countries in order to improve the health outcomes of children with diabetes. The partners therefore set about work-shopping a draft of the required manual and formalising a panel to write the final product.
 In September 2009, a workshop was held in Zanzibar with key stakeholders from the African countries involved in the CDiC programme, experts from the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) and other specialists. The purpose was to reach consensus on the contents of a reference manual for healthcare professionals dealing with children and adolescents with diabetes in developing countries. Based on the outcome of the workshop, a small writing group consisting of three ISPAD experts (Stuart J. Brink, MD (ISPAD), Wei Rhen Warren Lee, MD (ISPAD) and Kubendran Pillay, MD (ISPAD)) produced the first draft of a training manual, which was tested at a pilot training workshop in Kampala, Uganda in March 2010. The workshop, which was attended by healthcare professionals from Uganda and Tanzania, was used to assess the relevance and accessibility of selected parts of the material.
This is the first edition of the published book. It is hoped that it will be of great use to all healthcare professionals working with children and adolescents with diabetes in developing countries. We foresee that the feedback received from the users will help identify gaps or needs for adjustment.
It is the objective of the Changing Diabetes® in Children programme and of this new training manual to improve the treatment of children and adolescents living with diabetes in developing counties. It is therefore important that healthcare professionals in these countries endeavour to make use of this resource as much as possible and to provide feedback with their experiences for the continued improvement and revision of the manual.
The training manual is available in English and French. Training presentations are also available. Click here to download.
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