Ottawa, March 1st – Aboriginal diabetes looking for new funding opportunities.
The Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI) is hoping to renew its budget in fear of loosing 600 programmes for Aboriginal Canadians with diabetes. Aboriginals are at a high risk of contracting diabetes according to the Canadian Diabetes Association and the National Aboriginal Diabetes Association (NADA).
The diabetes epidemic amongst Canadian Aboriginals is startling:
• 20 per cent of the Aboriginal population have diabetes
• The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is 3 to 5 times higher in Aboriginal communities across Canada; and
• Rates of heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, amputations and infectious disease are higher amongst Aboriginals living with diabetes.
"Aboriginal Canadians simply do not have the same kind of easy access to physicians, specialists and hospitals that most other Canadians do," stats Dina Bruyere, Executive Director, National Aboriginal Diabetes Association."ADI provides support to those living with diabetes that they simply cannot get anywhere else. Failure to properly fund diabetes initiatives will lead to dire consequences for the health of Aboriginal Canadians living with diabetes."
The World Diabetes Congress in Montreal Oct. 2009 revealed the Aboriginal disproportion of type 2 diabetes and the severity of complications including amputations, vision loss, nerve damage and kidney disease – all were higher then the general Canadian population. Diabetes amongst aboriginal women of child bearing age is increasing to an alarming 20 per cent.
About the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI)
The ADI was established with the aim of reducing the incidence and prevalence of diabetes among Aboriginal people and to improve the health status of First Nations and Inuit individuals, families and communities. The ADI currently delivers a range of primary prevention, screening and treatment programs and services to more than 600 communities throughout Canada in partnership with Tribal Councils, First Nations organizations, Inuit community groups and Provincial and Territorial governments.
The Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI) is hoping to renew its budget in fear of loosing 600 programmes for Aboriginal Canadians with diabetes. Aboriginals are at a high risk of contracting diabetes according to the Canadian Diabetes Association and the National Aboriginal Diabetes Association (NADA).
The diabetes epidemic amongst Canadian Aboriginals is startling:
• 20 per cent of the Aboriginal population have diabetes
• The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is 3 to 5 times higher in Aboriginal communities across Canada; and
• Rates of heart disease, kidney disease, blindness, amputations and infectious disease are higher amongst Aboriginals living with diabetes.
"Aboriginal Canadians simply do not have the same kind of easy access to physicians, specialists and hospitals that most other Canadians do," stats Dina Bruyere, Executive Director, National Aboriginal Diabetes Association."ADI provides support to those living with diabetes that they simply cannot get anywhere else. Failure to properly fund diabetes initiatives will lead to dire consequences for the health of Aboriginal Canadians living with diabetes."
The World Diabetes Congress in Montreal Oct. 2009 revealed the Aboriginal disproportion of type 2 diabetes and the severity of complications including amputations, vision loss, nerve damage and kidney disease – all were higher then the general Canadian population. Diabetes amongst aboriginal women of child bearing age is increasing to an alarming 20 per cent.
About the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI)
The ADI was established with the aim of reducing the incidence and prevalence of diabetes among Aboriginal people and to improve the health status of First Nations and Inuit individuals, families and communities. The ADI currently delivers a range of primary prevention, screening and treatment programs and services to more than 600 communities throughout Canada in partnership with Tribal Councils, First Nations organizations, Inuit community groups and Provincial and Territorial governments.
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