The creative projects of our partners are challenging and expanding current thinking and laying important groundwork for more comprehensive and impactful diabetes control efforts going forward.” - John Damonti, President, Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation

12/08/2011

NEWS

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation’s Together on Diabetes® Initiative Awards $18.4 Million in Grants

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation marked World Diabetes Day and the first anniversary of its Together on Diabetes^® initiative by awarding eight grants totaling $18.4 million to help communities and populations disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes. The grants will help develop effective, comprehensive solutions that integrate public health, health care services, community supportive services and the strengths of the communities in order to improve health outcomes and reduce disease burden.

Together on Diabetes: Communities Uniting to Meet America’s Diabetes Challenge^® is a five-year, $100 million initiative to improve health outcomes for American adults living with type 2 diabetes. Together on Diabetes^® focuses on strengthening patient self-management and mobilizing community-based supportive services to help adults disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes, consistent with the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation’s mission to reduce global health disparities.

The eight grants announced focus on communities or populations with high prevalence and burden of type 2 diabetes: Native Americans, Appalachia, the Mississippi Delta region, urban and rural poor, people who are food insecure and people who suffer from both depression and diabetes.

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