COUNTRY: India
Population: 1.18 B (2010 Est)
GDP (PPP): $1.367 Trillion (2009 Est)
GDP/capita (PPP): $1,124
Health Information:
%GDP Spend on Health: 4.9%
Physicians / 10k people: 6
Diabetes Prevalence: 50,768,300 (7.1%, 2010)
Diabetes Diagnosis: 35% are aware they have diabetes
Diabetes Diagnosis: 35% are aware they have diabetes
Diabetes Cost of Treatment:
Insulin: $4.30 for 400 units (20units/day = $0.21 day, short-acting insulin = US$19)
Glucose meter: US$54-94.50
50 Glucose Strips: US$14 (subsidized)
Obesity Prevalence: 60% (includes overweight, BMI>25)
Hypertension Prevalence: 16% (WHO)
COPD Prevalence: 6.8%
CVD Prevalence: ~3%, 29 M (2000)
Stroke: 0.15%/year
CAD: 12% urban, 4% rural (2000)
Interview List:
Project HOPE India, Program Manager
Project HOPE, India Diabetes Educator Project (IDEP)
Tour Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science and Research’s Diabetes Center
SVP Project HOPE Headquarters, Program Director India
IDEP 2nd Workshop
Tour Apollo Hospital Delhi
Senior Dieticians and Diabetes Master Trainers, Max Hospital Gurgaon
Director of the US Coalition of Diabetes, Founder Arogya (Prevention NGO)
Medela Corporation, Country Lead for India
President, Diabetes India and VP of the International Diabetes Federation
Nutritionist, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Tour AIIMS pediatric endocrinology unit and ward
Endocrinologist, Christian Medical College (CMC)
Tour CMC Vellore Campus and Diabetes Center
J&J Diabetes Institute, Diabetes Educator
Bangalore IDEP Program
VPO mDhil – health information SMS service
IDEP Workshop
Pediatric Endocrinologist, AIIMS
Sources:
World Health Organization
DiabetesIndia
IDF Diabetes Atlas
World Diabetes Foundation
Cost of treatment from interviews
