INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES IN A RESOURCE POOR ENVIRONMENT- ?INSULIN MY LIFE (IML)? PROJECT.
- Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Baqai Medical University, Karachi ? Pakistan.
- Senior Research Scientist, Research Department, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Karachi - Pakistan.
- Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Baqai Medical University, Karachi ? Pakistan.
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Pakistan being a representative of a resource poor society with low priority on health related issues like T1DM, faced alarmingly high mortality and morbidity in consequence. Through ?IML? project, integrated and comprehensive management is initiated and it is hoped that these subjects will lead a healthy and productive life.
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Asher Fawwad, Muhammad YakoobAhmedani FCPS and Abdul Basit, F.R.C.P. (2017); INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE OF PEOPLE WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES IN A RESOURCE POOR ENVIRONMENT- ?INSULIN MY LIFE (IML)? PROJECT., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 5 (04), 1339-1342, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3952
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