Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, attended the graduation ceremony of the first cohort of Egypt’s Diabetic Foot Diploma program, which aims to train and qualify medical professionals and enhance their skills in managing diabetic foot cases, thereby improving the quality of healthcare and reducing complications of the disease.
During his speech, the minister stressed the importance of the National Diabetes Institute in supporting the government’s efforts to combat diabetes and its complications. He called for a comprehensive plan to develop the institute in a manner befitting its status and role in serving the community, particularly in light of the growing number of people affected by diabetes. Approximately one in nine people is affected by the disease, while the proportion of undiagnosed cases has reached about 62%, underscoring the need to strengthen efforts in early detection, awareness, prevention, and control of the disease and its complications.
He also called for the establishment of a national diabetic foot registry through the institute to enable accurate monitoring of the number and progression of cases and to assess the outcomes of therapeutic and preventive interventions. He noted that some patients discover they have diabetes for the first time after developing diabetic foot complications, emphasizing that the graduation of this cohort represents an important step toward developing specialized medical professionals.
Source: Al-Ahram online portal
