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The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation announced it has been selected as an initial grantee in and will play a major role in the new Together on Diabetes®: Communities Uniting to Meet America's Diabetes Challenge. The $100 million initiative, funded by the Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation, is the largest, corporate philanthropic commitment to date to fight diabetes in the United States.
The APhA Foundation - chosen as one of four initial partners - will adapt and expand the evidence-based care model successfully utilized in three innovative diabetes initiatives - The Asheville Project®, the Patient Self-Management Program for Diabetes, and the Diabetes Ten City Challenge - to 25 communities heavily affected by diabetes.
The APhA Foundation's new effort, Project IMPACT: Diabetes, IMProving America's Communities Together, will fully integrate pharmacists into the health care team in an effort to address some of the challenges faced by participants living with diabetes. Letters of support have already been received from a preliminary group of partner organizations including the American Pharmacists Association, the Center for Health Value Innovation, Giant Food Stores, HHS Office of Women's Health, the National Diabetes Education Program, U.S. Health Resource Services Administration Pharmacy Services Support Center and Walgreens.
"Diabetes is a growing problem in the United States, commented Benjamin M. Bluml, the APhA Foundation's Vice President for Research. "It is estimated that there are 23.6 million people living with diabetes in the U.S. and another 57 million with pre-diabetes. To make matters worse, only 17.9 million people are actually diagnosed with diabetes, and of those 3 million people are not being treated and another 9 million people are not being treated successfully.
Bluml continued, "Pharmacists are one of the most accessible health care providers available to the patient, and their collaborative care efforts with patients, physicians, and other health care providers have consistently helped people with diabetes improve therapeutic outcomes, increase activity, and lead healthier lives. Project IMPACT: Diabetes presents a unique opportunity to connect more patients to an inter-disciplinary health care team with a whole person orientation within the context of their community. Working with the 'Together on Diabetes' initiative and our national partners, we look forward to creating a meaningful framework for getting more evidence-based diabetes care to the people who need it the most!"
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