Essential diagnostics and devices in primary care diabetes.

Muhammad Umar Wahab, Umar Yousaf Raja, Sanjay Kalra

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2021 Sep

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Medication is essential for diabetes care, and this is reflected in the Essential Medicines lists prepared by the World Health Organization and various countries. The need for essential diagnostics, and essential devices, however, has not been addressed adequately. In this communication, we call for creating a list of the essential diagnostics and devices that are required in primary and secondary/ tertiary diabetes care. We hope that this will encourage policymakers and clinicians to work together, to ensure that these are made available, accessible, and affordable for all patients.

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Muhammad Umar Wahab, Umar Yousaf Raja, Sanjay Kalra. Essential diagnostics and devices in primary care diabetes. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2021 Sep;71(9):2281-2282