Chowdhury Lab

Florida International University

PUBLIC HEALTH & PREV MEDICINE

Miami · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2025

Leveraging community-to-facility service provision to implement the World Health Organization HEARTS-D guidelines in Bangladesh for improving diabetes control and prevention.

PROJECT SUMMARY Type-2 diabetes (T2D) is rising at an alarming rate globally and in the United States (US). This rapid increase in the T2D burden has a particular impact on cities, where more than half the global populations currently live and where 3 out of 4 people with T2D reside. In response to this growing global challenge, the World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized (a) the need for a sustained improvement in the detection, treatment, and control of T2D, and (b) a rapid implementation of the WHO’s evidence-based HEARTS module for tackling chronic diseases. However, currently, in most countries (including Bangladesh and the US), effective adoption of the WHO HEARTS module into…

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