Chennai diabetes centre gets WHO tag again

Under the WHO leadership, the centre will continue to strengthen education in diabetes prevention and develop methods for reducing diabetes risk factors at the community level.

Published: 18th January 2019 04:03 AM  |   Last Updated: 18th January 2019 04:03 AM   |  A+A A-

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By Express News Service

CHENNAI: M V Hospital for Diabetes and Professor M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre at Royapuram,  Chennai, has been re-designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education and Training in Diabetes for the fifth consecutive time since 2002.

A hospital release said, “The centre continues to be the head of the Collaborating Centre for the period 2019-22. Under the WHO leadership, the centre will continue to strengthen education in diabetes prevention and develop methods for reducing diabetes risk factors at the community level.”