Merck,
a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in
the pharmaceutical, chemical and life-science sectors, announces today
its Diabetes Awareness and Prevention Campaign in partnership with Kenya
Ministry of Health and Diabetes Management and Information center (DMI)
on the occasion of the World Diabetes Day.
The
Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Health James Macharia has
applauded Merck for its Capacity Advancement Program that was launched
successfully in 2013 in Kenya. “The Ministry of Health is supporting
private public partnership with reputable companies like Merck to
promote key health guidelines and raise awareness about diabetes so that
people learn how to prevent it” .he added.
Merck
Diabetes Awareness and prevention campaign will be at Kenya Diabetes
Management & Information Centre ( DMI Centre) Rose Avenue,
Hurlingham, Off Argwings Kodhek Road Nairobi , Kenya.
The press conference will be at Serena hotel, frangipani on the 14th of November from 7 am to 10 am.
Dubbed
‘Get Informed- Get Active- Get Healthier’, the campaign aims to free
screen more than 2000 community members for Diabetes in order to reverse
this worrying trend by preventing or delaying the development of
diabetes in the Kenyan population.
Dr.
Stefan Oschmann, Member of the Executive Board of Merck and CEO Pharma,
said: “By partnering with Kenya Ministry of Health and DMI we hope to
quickly achieve our objective of advancing healthcare capacities and
contributing to social and economic development of Kenya. Our goal is to
improve the healthcare sector in the country through educating and
empowering those affected by diabetes on how to manage and prevent it in
Kenya and the rest of Africa.”
Eva
Muchemi, Executive Director of the Diabetes Management and Information
Centre (DMI) said: “World diabetes day is celebrated on 14th of November
of every year around the world to raise awareness among peoples about
diabetes with a theme “Healthy Living and Diabetes”. In simple words we
can explain Diabetes as a condition which occurs due to the problem in
production and supply of insulin in the body.
In
large towns or metro cities, most of the people don’t eat healthy food,
and also take less physical activity, that may be the major reason of
this condition”.
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