{"id":10270,"date":"2014-04-01T14:53:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T14:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=10270"},"modified":"2014-04-01T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T14:53:13","slug":"ghana-needs-diabetic-educators-gda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/04\/ghana-needs-diabetic-educators-gda\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana needs diabetic educators &#8211; GDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GDA_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10271\" alt=\"GDA_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GDA_logo.jpg\" width=\"307\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GDA_logo.jpg 307w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/GDA_logo-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a>The National Diabetes Association of Ghana (GDA) says lack of diabetic educators in the country is the cause for high incidence of fatalities among diabetic patients.<\/p>\n<p>They are therefore calling for a concerted effort from all stakeholders to ensure that enough trainers are available.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the association, Elizabeth Esi Denyo spoke to Citi News after the launch of the Merck Capacity Advance Program in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The Merck Capacity Advance Program is a partnership between Merck, University of Ghana, Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Ghana Medical Association and the Ghana National Association of Diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>The program is aimed at increasing education on diabetes prevention and prevention.<\/p>\n<p>According to Madam Denyo, there are about four million people living with diabetes in Ghana but the country lacks diabetic educators \u201cas a nation, we can\u2019t even boast of 20 qualified diabetic educators so this programme is very welcomed so that we can train more educators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She mentioned that diabetes is a specialty therefore, it is imperative that people are trained to cater for the diabetic needs of Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Diabetes Association of Ghana (GDA) says lack of diabetic educators in the country is the cause for high incidence of fatalities among diabetic patients. 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