Federal Diabetes Funding Announced at our Centre
November 01, 2011
Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, visited our Centre to announce $6 million in funding for regional and national diabetes prevention, detection, and management projects. These, as part of the Canadian Diabetes Strategy, aim to help those who are vulnerable and most at risk.
The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), a community partner of ours, is among the groups receiving funds. Their work will focus on developing resources for healthcare providers and people at high-risk of diabetes.
As a partner of the CDA, we will directly benefit from their project. Our Community Diabetes Education Program of Ottawa has worked locally for the past 13 years to deliver diabetes education to thousands of individuals and their families. Such resources, as the ones being developed by the Canadian Diabetes Association, have proven very useful for our staff and those we serve.
“Our ability to support people with diabetes and their families couldn’t happen without our many partnerships, including the Canadian Diabetes Association”, says Simone Thibault, Executive Director at our Centre. “It’s great to see them and other community groups receive this investment that will strengthen our collaborative efforts to address this growing problem.”
Seeing all levels of government, from the federal to the provincial, working collaboratively in our local communities, is necessary to make a difference for those who have diabetes or at risk of diabetes.
Visit the Community Diabetes Education Program for more information on the diabetes focused programs and services at the Centretown Community Health Centre.