Lessons on the screening and prevention of diabetes in Mexico

What is it about?

In Mexico, about half of the people with diabetes don't know it. MIDO is a strategy created by the Carlos Slim Foundation to screen for chronic diseases and then refer people who test positive to a health clinic. We wrote this article to summarize what we learned about chronic disease screening in Mexico after working with the MIDO strategy for a few years.

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Why is it important?

This article is important because the traditional prevention policy in Mexico was to screenwith a paper-based risk factor questionnaire. However, this was used to screen patients already seeking healthcare services at facilities, and screening goals were set as a function of the number of questionnaires applied, not number of individuals screened. This article presents a new screening strategy that incorporates technology.

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