UDAY: A comprehensive diabetes and hypertension prevention and management program in India.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetes and hypertension are two leading non-communicable conditions, which are suboptimally managed in India. Thus, innovative comprehensive approaches that can concomitantly improve their detection, prevention and control are warranted.

Methods and analysis

UDAY, a 5-year initiative, aims to reduce the risk of diabetes and hypertension and improve management by implementing a comprehensive intervention programme in the two selected study sites, Sonipat and Visakhapatnam (Vizag). It has a pre-post evaluation design with representative cross-sectional surveys before and after intervention. Within these two sites, urban and rural subsites each with a total population of approximately 100 000 people each were selected and a baseline and postintervention assessmen

SUBMITTER: Mohan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082491 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature