Measuring the global diabetes targets in the WHO European Region: Armenia case study

Overview

Five global diabetes targets have been developed to strengthen the prevention and control of diabetes. There are different approaches and data sources that can be used to measure progress against these targets within the WHO European Region. In Armenia, diabetes surveillance includes the health examination STEP wise approach to noncommunicable disease (‎NCD)‎ risk factor surveillance (‎STEPS)‎ survey and health-care facility diabetes data. Currently, global diabetes targets 1–4 can be measured using STEPS.