Diabetes prevention and role of professionals: An early idea

Newly diagnosed cases of Diabetes Mellitus type 2 are increasing day by day in Middle east and especially in United Arab Emirates. In United Arab Emirates medical costs if Diabetes mellitus is 563 US dollars per annum and it can increase to Eight-fold in next ten years.⁴ While working in Dubai Health, we have a blessing to have Dubai Diabetic Center running under the umbrella of Dubai health and is running an active diabetic specialty clinic setup for general community. Dubai Diabetes Center is awarded as a Center of Excellence in overall Diabetes Management by the International Diabetes Federation. My aim is to enhance the effectiveness of screening the high-risk individuals with the help of active multi-modality team. Dubai Diabetes Center follows the American Diabetes Association guidelines of Medical Care in Diabetes, which is based on a comprehensive specialized medical team that includes diabetologists, Endocrinologists along with a group of experts in a variety of medical specialties, including clinical dietitian, nurse educators, psychologists, ophthalmologists, podiatrists and physical therapists. The Dubai Diabetes Center has a special gym for patients, as well as a demonstration kitchen for teaching and preparing healthy food for patients. Ministry of Health in United Arab Emirates suggests and finalize the team involved in diabetes care at Dubai Diabetic Centre.⁴Almeheiri Et al. (2024) have explained that diabetes is a chronic and debilitating disease and its cases are increasing worldwide

To prevent Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Multi professional health care team is required. It needs Multi professional collaboration between Specialty doctors, Diabetologist, Junior doctors, General practitioners, nurses, study nurses, secretaries and supportive clinical staff. For a better policy making and avoiding financial burdens policy makers, pharmaceuticals and politicians can be involved.¹ My plan will be to take approval for including nurses, junior doctors and secretaries to our team from Ministry of health of United Arab Emirates as others are already involved in our current setup. We have example of FINRISK study where Schwarz and reimann(2009) stated that nurses and study nurses also took part in the study.³