Diabetes Awareness and Care Project (DAC) in Nigeria is aimed at improving Diabetes health outcomes in selected communities in Imo State.

The project will do this by strengthening evidence-based programming and policy-making through the utilization of various approaches like advocacy to multiple stakeholders, performance management, education at the community level, sensitization of health workers, guideline development, and training to improve access to diabetes prevention and care service.

Specific project objects are: 

Raise awareness of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), its risk factors, and prevention in targeted communities in Imo and the FCT, to improve access to diabetes care through training of healthcare workers and screening (early detection) for type 2 diabetes, and improve the availability, quality, and use of T2DM data for decision making. The project aims to screen 50,000 people for diabetes, strengthen 110 clinics to provide T2DM care, train 220 healthcare workers, conduct 20 T2DM screening camps and reach 500,000 people with awareness messages.