People living with diabetes have a great deal to offer each other.
Diabetes encompasses all aspects of people's lives, often for decades. Support from peers can offer emotional, social, and practical assistance that helps people do the things they need to do to stay healthy. Peer support complements and enhances other health care services.
Peers for Progress addresses the global diabetes epidemic by:
- Extending the evidence base for peer support
- Establishing peer support as a core component of diabetes care
- Building a network of peer support programs around the world
