DGS Launches Pilot Project to Track Type 1 Diabetes in Children at the Time of Vaccination

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Initiative seeks to diagnose diabetes in children at the time of vaccination, before symptoms are felt. Start of the pilot project is planned for this month, in Porto and Coimbra.

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DGS program should start again this month in Coimbra and ULS São João, predicting the screening of type 1 diabetes through blood tests performed at the time of vaccination of six years.

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The objective is to track 4500 children aged 5 years, taking advantage of the moment of vaccination. Local Health Unit of São José will also be part of the pilot, which starts this month in Coimbra and São João.

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DGS will launch a pilot project to track type 1 diabetes in children, through blood tests carried out at the time of the six-year vaccination, announced to Lusa the director of the National Diabetes Programme.