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Chief Minister Digambar Kamat launching the diabetes registry van in Panaji on Friday. Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane and Chief Secretary Sanjay Srivastava are seen. PANAJI: The Goa government, in association with the Novo Nordisk Education Foundation (NNEF), on Friday launched country's first diabetes registry that will help health services in the State to monitor the metabolic disease on a regular basis. The registry will aim at capturing details of every individual diabetes patient in the State and will further aid government health services to monitor each patient-based on a unique identification number. The diabetes registry will aid the government in a population-based approach to risk assessment and thereby aid in better and effective management of various chronic diseases related to alarming increase of diabetes, NNEF officials said on Friday. Chief Minister Digambar Kamat launched the registry in the presence of Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, Freddy Svane, Ambassador of Denmark in India, Chief Secretary Sanjeev Srivastav, Health Secretary Rajiv Verma, Dean, Goa Medical College V.N. Jindal, Director of Health Services Rajnanda Desai and Melvin D'Souza, managing trustee, Novo Nordisk Education Foundation. The ambassador said: “In a fast growing and vibrant economy such as India, diabetes and its complications can lead to huge human and economic loss. The initiatives undertaken by the Goa government to tackle diabetes, including the launch of the registry, are commendable. I am keen to ensure even closer cooperation between Danish and Indian organisations in order to facilitate access to quality healthcare in India. As part of the State-wide campaign “Changing diabetes barometer” launched by the State government and NNEF in August 2008, the registry will help identify people at risk of diabetic complications and aid in reducing the gap between evidence-based recommendations for care and clinical outcomes. This date will further be utilised as a critical feature for population-based disease management. According to figures given by NNEF, in India there are over 50.8 million diabetics, the economic cost of diabetes is estimated to be 2.1 per cent of the GDP. The cost of diabetes includes lost productivity and the cost of treating the disease and its complications, such as heart disease, hypertension, and diabetic retinopathy. “We, at Novo Nordisk are happy to partner with the Goa government in creating awareness at a mass level. This will be a result-oriented programme that will bring greater number of people to systematic screening, diagnostic and treatment process for diabetes This will also lead to better outcomes as well as rein in the rising prevalence of diabetes,” said Mr. D' Souza. Novo Nordisk Education Foundation is a non-profit organisation created in 1998 with the purpose of increasing diabetes awareness. NNEF aims at providing comprehensive education in diabetes and other healthcare issues by bridging the knowledge gap, according to a press release.
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