1. National Diabetes Strategy Updates Dr. Al Anoud Mohammed Al-Thani

2. I DO NOT have actual or potential conflict of interest in relation to this presentation.

3. Diabetes in Qatar Stepwise Survey 2012 RESULTS 41.4% are obese
32.9% are hypertensive
16.7% are diabetic
5.8% Prediabetes
16.4% are smokers
45.9% physically inactive
11 – 20% Gestational Diabetes
Qatar Stepwise Survey 2018

4. Diabetes Burden
Death caused by Diabetes affects all ages and mostly those under the age of 60
Four out of ten adults with diabetes in the MENA region are undiagnosed
Economic impact of diabetes is very high in comparison to the cost of prevention and health promotion
Global, regional and national numbers on prevalence of diabetes are continually increasing

5. National Diabetes Strategy
Vision
Preventing Diabetes Together
To prevent diabetes and its complications and improve health and quality of life in the State of Qatar

6. National Diabetes Strategy Goals
Increase public awareness and improve patient empowerment
Prevent occurrence and delay disease progression
Deliver high quality diabetes care
Develop an information technology and diabetes research program

7. National Diabetes Strategy Pillars
Awareness and Prevention
Patient Empowerment
Care Delivery
Building Capability and Capacity
Information Management
Research
An integrated and coordinated view across the six pillars is essential to the success of the strategy. As the pillars are interrelated, coordinating teams are working closely to ensure the complete strategy is fulfilled

8. National Diabetes Strategy Elements
Awareness
Awareness & Prevention
“What is diabetes?”
“Truth about diabetes”
“What’s your sugar level?”
“Don’t wait for diabetes to become serious”
“Get checked now”
Prevention
Annual exams
Compliance and prevent complications
Treatment of complex, established and advanced complications diabetes
“Stay on track”
Counseling
Treatment of early diabetes
Coordination
“Take action”
“Change your lifestyle”
National Diabetes Screening Program
Patient Empowerment
Patient app
Care Delivery, Capability and Capacity Planning
HCP app
Tracking
Tracking
Information Management
Registry
Data integration
Population Health Statistics
Research
Research agenda
Service Evaluation
Clinical Research

9. National Diabetes Strategy Projects
Priority Projects – Phase 1
Remaining Projects – Phase 2
Pillar 1
Awareness and Prevention
2.1
National Agenda w/ key messages aligned and agreed
2.2
Logos, brands and marketing material developed
2.3
8 awareness and prevention campaigns created
2.4
National Diabetes health communications plan developed
2.5
Launch first coordinated awareness campaign
2.6
Launch first coordinated prevention campaign
Pillar 2
Patient
Empowerment
3.1
National education curriculum aligned and agreed
3.2
Network of patient advocates and Community Champions
3.3
9 curricula for patient types and care givers created
3.4
Educational material and training manuals developed
3.5
Course schedule and plan for location of education developed
3.6
Content for all channels developed
3.7
Launch education to diabetic patients w/ complications
3.8
Launch education to pre-diabetic patients and recently diagnosed patients
Pillar 3
Care Delivery
4.1
Clinical guidelines, referral protocols and patient pathways aligned and agreed on national level
4.2
Coordination process aligned and agreed on national level
4.3
Assessment of resources requirements (MDs, RNs) based on capabilities needed to complete screening for the general public
4.4
Training of all 28,000 MDs and 13,000 nurses in Qatar on diabetes guidelines, pathways and protocols completed
4.5
National Screening program initiated
5.3
Development of recruitment plan
5.4
CME/CNE/CE/CCE training of 1,167 HCP completed
5.5
National coordination capabilities (central coord., apt., referral portals, processes, hotlines, etc.) developed
5.6
Professional support network for patient advocates, educators and community champions established
Pillar 4
Human Capital
and Capacity
Building
5.1
Job descriptions, recruitment framework and sourcing partnerships for hiring integrated teams developed
5.2
National educational curriculum and programs for CME, CNE, CE, CPE, and CCE created
6.4
Coordination center portal developed
6.5
Education tracker developed
6.6
Support resource tracker developed
6.7
Appointment and referrals portal developed
6.8
Data integration layer developed
6.9
Dashboard for monitoring service utilization, resource management and population statistics developed
Pillar 5
Information Management
6.1
Diabetes data strategy, requirements, and inputs defined, aligned and agreed to national strategy
6.2
Screening registry established
6.8
Data integration layer requirements
Pillar 6
Research
7.1
National diabetes research agenda aligned and agreed
7.2
Data requirements, sharing policies, data standards, IP Policy, research ethics, use of data and research process developed
7.3
Research portal developed
7.4
Research platform developed
7.5
Population health statistics available
7.6
Service utilization and resource data available
7.7
Care coordination and quality of care data available

10. National Diabetes Strategy Key Priorities
A tender has been awarded to start 8 campaigns for Diabetes in the State of Qatar
Set national agenda for awareness and prevention
Currently in progress, the awareness campaigns need to be delivered first – interdependency
Set national curriculum for patient empowerment
Six National Diabetes Clinical Guidelines and associated pathways have been developed and published
Define guidelines and pathways
e-learning diabetes modules is developed to support the National Diabetes Strategy and will be available to all Healthcare Professionals
Develop and deliver diabetes-specific continuing medical education
A separate online course has been created to provide HCPs with insight into each of the six Clinical Guidelines and Pathways
Train all HCPs on guidelines and pathways
Currently working to design and develop a National Diabetes Registry
Build infrastructure for information management and research (National Diabetes Registry)
The National Guidelines for screening of Diabetes and its Risk Factors is currently in development
Prepare and launch national screening program

11. Thank you.