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Regulatory T cells: Therapeutic Potential for Treating Transplant Rejection and Type I Diabetes
Published on: August 20, 2007
[Peer network for the therapeutic education of patients with type 2 diabetes in Mali]
Stéphane Besançon1, Cynthia Fleury2
1Santé Diabète, 17, avenue Malherbe, 38100 Grenoble, France.
Abstract:
Despite numerous health challenges, African healthcare systems are faced with limited financial and human resources. In this context, the epidemiological transition witnessing an explosion in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, particularly diabetes, there are tremendous challenges to be met. Given the lack of human resources in these health systems, therapeutic education relies on networks of trained peer educator patients who also provide significant psychosocial support.
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