BEMDA Aims and Objectives
Our aims and objectives are to:
Raise awareness of diabetes in target communities and encourage diabetes screening at GP Surgeries and Health Centres
- Reduce the burden of diabetes by promoting health and well-being at the grass-root level
- Facilitate the training of potential Community Diabetes Health Educators who will pass on the information learnt about diabetes to their own community members individually and collectively
- Work with health professionals to reduce health inequalities
- Increase access and responsiveness to health services available to diabetics in their local areas
- Signpost diabetics and their carers to appropriate health care services
- Achieve best value within the resources available to us