About Us

We are a team for improving the health of the community and passionately focus on helping people reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. We are currently the only diabetes mobile workshop in London, taking diabetes messages to the grassroots resonating with the groups’ common language, and familiar and cultural resources, and delivering within the group’s choice of venue.

Geraldine Ekechi

Diabetes Educator
BSc & MSc PH, MSc Nursing

SYLVIA LIVETT

Diabetes Educator & Mentor
BSc Physical Edu. & Health

Mustapha Trawally

Lecturer
BSc Agric Ed, BEng Elec Eng & MA Maths Edu

Sally Ihekoronye

Business Owner
Student Southbank University

Ropson Lawele

Teacher
BA (Hons) Business Studies & PGCE

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

PAFORET2D sets out to educate you and your community to gain the skills and knowledge necessary for lifestyle changes, which to help reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

We believe that everyone is unique and created to prosper in health. We will help you engage in feasible activities and maintain healthier choices.

Our solid foundation of professional education and training is the basis on which we thrive; having obtained numerous testimonies that our methods, workshops, and strategies positively impact the health of participants.

Our Approach

To take the message of diabetes to the grassroots
Administer diabetes prevention that is open to the entire population
Reduce inequalities in accessing information in health matters
Recognise the potential contribution of culture and religion in delivering health intervention programmes
Give appropriate attention to the most affected groups
Support those who do not access GP to participate through grass root actions
Use the group’s choice of venue & time, where it is convenient and comfortable
Signpost participants to other healthcare support services
Advice and follow-up with updates on research and information
Build a strong network across communities, groups, individuals, and organisations.

Brings Healthy Lifestyle To You And Your Community

Being at high risk of type 2 diabetes is called non-diabetic hyperglycaemia or NDH. It means that the glucose levels in the blood are higher than normal, but not high enough for a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. A person with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia is at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future. However, it is not inevitable that the person will develop type 2 diabetes. As such, adopting a healthy lifestyle can prevent or delay developing T2DM.

The persistence of hyperglycaemia in T2DM can result in chronic complex complications such as neuropathy, nephropathy and retinopathy as well as macrovascular problems, and are linked with early morbidity and mortality. These situations threaten life and can cause a person to lose consciousness, or mental state and perhaps die; consequently, campaign awareness to educate people at both individual and population levels is required.

Research shows about 10.5% of the adult population (20-79 years) has diabetes, with almost half unaware that they are living with the condition (IDF, 2021). In the UK, is estimated that more than 5.6 million people are living with diabetes (Diabetes UK, 2022).

A) Diabetes: a defining disease of the 21st century

Recent research estimates that more than 1·31 billion people could be living with diabetes by 2050 globally. This shows that 1·31 billion people live with a disease that causes life-altering morbidity, and high rates of mortality, and interacts with and exacerbates several other diseases. The increase in occurrence (up from 529 million in 2021) is anticipated to be driven by increases in type 2 diabetes, hence a rise in the prevalence of obesity and demographic shifts. In 2021, type 2 diabetes accounted for 90% of all diabetes prevalence. Most of this burden is attributed to social risk factors like high BMI, environmental and occupational risks, dietary risks, tobacco and alcohol use, and low physical activity. By 2045, three in four adults with diabetes will be living in low-income. Regardless of economic classification, in every country, those who are discriminated against and marginalised experience the most adverse consequences of diabetes. The way and actions the health community deals with diabetes in the next two decades will shape population health and life expectancy for the next 80 years. www.thelancet.com Vol 401 June 24, 2023:

B) Advances in the management of type 2 diabetes in adults

This review discusses the latest advances in patient-centred care for type 2 diabetes, concentrating on drug and non-drug approaches to lowering the risks of complications of diabetes in adults. Also, it discusses the effects of social determinants of health on the management of diabetes, specifically as they affect the treatment of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes. Please continue reading via the below link.

Advances in the management of type 2 diabetes in adults – PubMed Galindo RJ, et al. BMJMED 2023