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State-Based Diabetes Prevention & Control Programs
Republic of Palau
The Republic of Palau Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP)
has received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
since 1994. Activities supported by the Republic of Palau DPCP include
the following:
- Assessing the risk of diabetes. The Republic of Palau DPCP
continues to define the burden of diabetes in Palau and has developed
a survey tool to assess risk for diabetes and awareness of the disease.
Government employees in eight of the national ministries have been surveyed
and a survey of the small, outlying islands continues.
- Increasing public awareness. The Republic of Palau DPCP is
working with the Palau Nutritional Advisory Committee to increase national
awareness of the importance of healthy eating to control diabetes and
other chronic diseases.
- Improving the care of people with diabetes. The Republic of
Palau DPCP is developing diabetes care recommendations in collaboration
with its national medical association.
Contact information
Diabetes Control and Prevention Program Coordinator
Chief of Public Health
Ministry of Health
Koror, Palau PW 96940
Phone (0-11-680) 488-1757
Fax (0-11-680) 488-3117
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