Chapter01 Information as Treatment

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These audio videos have been created using artificial intelligence (AI) tools, based on the original content from the book “”माझा मधुमेह, माझे नियंत्रण“ i.e. My Diabetes, My Control.

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Along with medicines, information and education are also considered important forms of treatment—this is known as Therapeutic Patient Education. Diabetes is not merely a condition to be controlled by pills and injections; it is a lifestyle‑linked social issue. Research started around the world after 1998. It has shown that if patients receive proper knowledge, diabetes complications can largely be prevented. Long‑term control is possible not only through a doctor’s advice but through the active participation of the patient. When people with diabetes are given information, tools, and the skills for self‑management, they stop depending solely on medicines. They become confident.

Group training and collective efforts such as the “Baramati Pattern” make diabetes control affordable, simple, and effective. The curriculum prepared by the organization includes anatomy, diet, exercise, medicines, tests, stress management and more—covering over 800 new terms.

Because of this training, 50% of senior citizens reach their treatment targets and 70% of people change their lifestyle.

International organizations like the WHO, ADA, and EUDA consider self‑management training to be the primary objective. Baramati has implemented it on the ground. As a result, control of diabetes comes into the patient’s own hands; complications are prevented, and quality of life improves.