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La Fondation Merck &agrave; travers le Cours de Master sur le Diab&egrave;te a d&eacute;clench&eacute; l&#39;approche communautaire en moi. Le chapitre le plus important pour moi au cours de cette formation a &eacute;t&eacute; l&#39;impact mondial et l&#39;&eacute;pid&eacute;miologie du diab&egrave;te. Le nombre de personnes atteintes de diab&egrave;te sans le savoir &eacute;tait trop &eacute;lev&eacute; pour que je reste le m&ecirc;me sans agir. En tant que prestataires de la sant&eacute;, il &eacute;tait r&eacute;voltant d&#39;entendre qu&#39;environ 60 % des personnes atteintes de diab&egrave;te en Afrique ne savent m&ecirc;me pas qu&#39;elles en sont atteintes. Ces chiffres &eacute;taient trop &eacute;lev&eacute;s pour moi. J&#39;ai r&eacute;alis&eacute; que je devais participer d&#39;une mani&egrave;re ou d&#39;une autre. J&#39;ai choisi de commencer &agrave; &eacute;duquer les prestataires de la sant&eacute; afin que nous puissions constituer une arm&eacute;e de personnes qui comprennent le fardeau de la maladie et son impact sur la communaut&eacute;. J&#39;ai &eacute;galement choisi d&#39;enseigner aux membres de ma communaut&eacute; et je commencerai bient&ocirc;t &agrave; faire du d&eacute;pistage chaque fois que je serai dans la communaut&eacute;. Ceux qui sont d&eacute;j&agrave; diab&eacute;tiques b&eacute;n&eacute;ficient d&#39;une prise en charge individualis&eacute;e malgr&eacute; des ressources limit&eacute;es.

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Mark Foundation, through the Diabetes Mastercourse has triggered the community approach in me. The most important chapter for me during this training was the global impact and epidemiology of diabetes. As a healthcare worker, it was revolting to hear that about 60% of people with diabetes in Africa do not even know that they have it. Those numbers were too high for me. I realized that I must participate in one way or another. I chose to start educating healthcare workers so that we can build an army of people who understand the burden of the disease and its impact on&nbsp;the community. I also chose to&nbsp;teach my community&nbsp;members&nbsp;and soon will start doing screening whenever I am in the community. Those who are already diabetic, get individualized care despite limited resources.

Mark Foundation through the Diabetes Master course has triggered the community approach in me.

Dr BOAZ Niyinyumva, Burundi

La Fondation Merck à travers le Cours de Master sur le Diabète a déclenché l'approche communautaire en moi. Le chapitre le plus important pour moi au cours de cette formation a été l'impact mondial et l'épidémiologie du diabète. Le nombre de personnes atteintes de diabète sans le savoir était trop élevé pour que je reste le même sans agir. En tant que prestataires de la santé, il était révoltant d'entendre qu'environ 60 % des personnes atteintes de diabète en Afrique ne savent même pas qu'elles en sont atteintes. Ces chiffres étaient trop élevés pour moi. J'ai réalisé que je devais participer d'une manière ou d'une autre. J'ai choisi de commencer à éduquer les prestataires de la santé afin que nous puissions constituer une armée de personnes qui comprennent le fardeau de la maladie et son impact sur la communauté. J'ai également choisi d'enseigner aux membres de ma communauté et je commencerai bientôt à faire du dépistage chaque fois que je serai dans la communauté. Ceux qui sont déjà diabétiques bénéficient d'une prise en charge individualisée malgré des ressources limitées.

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While working in the interior of the country, where there are only general practitioners and when most patients do not have the means to go to another city for specialist care if there is a need, documenting more and looking for training to deepen your knowledge becomes a necessity. It is in this context that taking the course on "diabetes management" provided by Merck Foundation was very rewarding and exceeded my expectations since there are concepts that I did not fully understand earlier and that I then shared the knowledge acquired with my colleagues in the context of continuing to take good care of our patients despite the lack of specialist doctors, particularly diabetes with pregnancy.

Diabetes Management course provided by Merck Foundation was very rewarding and exceeded my expectations.

Dr Gakiza Rodrine, Burundi

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