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Lift Every Voice, a national diabetes education program
URBAN LEAGUE KICKS OFF NEW DIABETES EDUCATION PROGRAM
Diabetes Poses Great Challenges for African Americans in Washington, D.C.
 Lift Every Voice, a national diabetes education program has come to Washington, D.C. The National Urban League has announced the funding of the Greater Washington Urban League (GWUL) to help in the effort to educate African Americans about diabetes and to take a more pro-active stand in the prevention of this disease.
The League has received a one-year grant through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Lift Every Voice National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and the Medtronic Foundation. In addition to the GWUL, local Washington area partners include CVS Health Connection (a CVS Managed Care, Inc. Pfizer Health Solutions, Inc. Company), National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area, Diabetes Association, Washington, D.C. Chapter, Howard University Hospital, Diabetes Self Management Program, and the District of Columbia Department of Health, Diabetes Control Program.
Washington, D.C. is experiencing a diabetes epidemic among its African-American residents, presenting the community with some very special challenges, with the highest impact in the aged population. Approximately half of all diabetes cases are occurring in people older than 55 years of age. This chronic metabolic disease, in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin, a hormone that is needed to convert sugar, starches, and other food into energy, impacted over 28,000 D.C. residents in 2000. Of all states, the District of Columbia had the second-highest rate of death due to diabetes and its complications in 1999. The numbers continue to grow.
The Lift Every Voice Diabetes Educational Program to be kicked off this month (May) will feature workshops on risk factors for diabetes and what you should know to live with diabetes, fitness, cooking for the diabetic, and healthy soul food cooking demonstrations. There will be expert presenters, videos, tours and lots of helpful ‘gift-give-a-ways’ for those who enroll in this life saving program.
The program is open to senior citizens 55 years of age and older in Ward 5 of the city. For more information about the program call 202-529-8701.
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