Health DG hails guidelines for management of Type 2 diabetes mellitus 30 Jan 2021 / 19:29 H.
PETALING JAYA: Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham (
pix) hailed the publication of the 6th edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) as a way to improve diabetes care in the country.
The publication was jointly produced by a team of 69 experts under the auspices of the Malaysian Endocrine and Metabolic Society (MEMS), Ministry of Health, Academy of Medicine Malaysia, Diabetes Malaysia, and the Family Medicine Specialists’ Association of Malaysia.
It includes advances that have been incorporated into recommendations of the development of innovative treatments, technologies, and renewed emphasis on lifestyle interventions over the last five years which brings new hope of effectively managing this serious chronic disease and its life-threatening complications.