UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care brings together the health care sector with other sectors to promote improvements in diabetes care. The University of Chicago serves as the National Program Office for the initiative. The National Program Office supports program efforts of the grantee organizations and provides leadership in building a national public-private partnership to help reduce disparities in diabetes care... In 2017, the Merck Foundation funded the Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care initiative with a $16 million, five-year commitment to advance cross-sector approaches that improve diabetes outcomes and address health disparities among people with type 2 diabetes in the United States... We're working to improve health outcomes and decrease health disparities for vulnerable and underserved populations with type 2 diabetes in the United States. This population is more likely to have diabetes and often experiences barriers to effective..

Also known as: The University of Chicago

Primary location: Chicago United States