Inequities in diabetes prevention and control in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings: a mixed-methods study from the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate progress in the implementation of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) Regional Framework for Action on Diabetes Prevention and Control, identify implementation barriers and facilitators, and provide recommendations for accelerating progress, with a particular focus on fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings (FCVs).

Design

Mixed-methods study combining secondary analysis of quantitative data from WHO datasets with qualitative synthesis of inputs from WHO consultative meetings with EMR member states.

Setting

22 countries of the WHO EMR, including 10 classified as FCV and 12 as non-FCV according to World Bank and WHO classifications.

Participants

Quantitative data were drawn from the 2021 WHO Country Capacity Surv

SUBMITTER: Loffreda G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12673542 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature