Interventions to address global inequity in diabetes: international progress

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Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00914-5/fulltext

Diabetes is a serious chronic disease with high associated burden and disproportionate costs to communities based
on socioeconomic, gender, racial, and ethnic status. Addressing the complex challenges of global inequity in diabetes
will require intentional efforts to focus on broader social contexts and systems that supersede individual-level
interventions. We codify and highlight best practice approaches to achieve equity in diabetes care and outcomes on a
global scale. We outline action plans to target diabetes equity on the basis of the recommendations established by
The Lancet Commission on Diabetes, organising interventions by their effect on changing the ecosystem, building
capacity, or improving the clinical practice environment. We present international examples of how to address
diabetes inequity in the real world to show that approaches addressing the individual within a larger social context, in
addition to addressing structural inequity, hold the greatest promise for creating sustainable and equitable change
that curbs the global diabetes crisis.