SCREENING FOR DIABETES MELLITUS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACIES IN BRAZIL: RESULTS OF A NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN

• At: AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates) (2019)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-085
• By: FRADE, Joselia (Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Presidency assessor, Brazil)
• Co-author(s): Cassyano Januário Correr: Federal University of Parana, Brazil
  Wendel Coura-Vital: Federal University of Ouro Preto, Brazil
  Josélia Cintya Quintao Pena Frade: Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Brazil
  Adriano Silva dos Santos: Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Brazil
  Eliete Bachrany Pinheiro: Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Brazil
  Mônica Soares Amaral Lenzi: Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Brazil
  José Vanilton de Almeida: Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Brazil
  Wesley Magno Ferreira: Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Brazil
  Hermelinda Cordeiro Pedrosa: Brazilian Society of Diabetes, Brazil
  Janice Sepulveda Reis: Brazilian Society of Diabetes, Brazil
  Karla Melo: Brazilian Society of Diabetes, Brazil
  Roberto Pantarolo: Brazilian Society of Diabetes, Brazil
  Walter da Silva Jorge João: Brazilian Federal Council of Pharmacy, Brazil
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Brazil has a high diabetes prevalence, reaching 8.9% of the population. It’s estimated that 5.7 million people in the country have not yet been diagnosed.

  Purpose

  Populational studies assessing the prevalence of high blood glucose levels in people with no previous diagnosis of diabetes are scarce. Thus, a cross-sectional study was

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