Diabetes Projects Trust
Aims
PREVENTION - reduce the number of people developing diabetes and lessen the damage diabetes can cause.
HEALTH PROMOTION - lower the health risk factors, including obesity, poor eating habits and inactive lifestyle.
EMPOWERMENT - 'help people help themselves' by offering support, training and contacts for community groups.
DIABETES AWARENESS - encourage the community to better understand the needs of people with diabetes or at risk of developing diabetes.
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT & SUPPORT - help health professionals measure and improve the care they provide to people with diabetes.
RESEARCH - carry out and support research and share the information to benefit the community.
Mission Statement
"He aha te kai o te Rangitira? He Korero, he korero, he korero.
What is the food of the leader? It is knowledge, it is communication."
Page updated 29/11/2010