A Lancet series on metabolic health in the Southeast Asian region is in the works, Marta Koch, Editor-in-Chief, Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, said.
In Chennai, along with Shalini Garg, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, Dr. Koch hopes to learn about the actual inequities that impact healthcare delivery. She is embedded with the Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre (DMDSC) and is visiting their outreach programmes to get a grounding on the realities of healthcare. “It's just a great opportunity for me to you know, come out of my editorial ivory tower, to come to India and to come to Chennai, specifically, to be able to have high level discussions in person, but also to meet the people behind work, to see what is going on at the field level,” Dr. Koch said.
The metabolic health series, which is in the planning stage, is a consequence of the experiences she and her colleague have had while on this exposure trip. “We have a domestic diabetes, endocrinology programme, in addition to the regional health Southeast Asia chapter. But we have been discussing with Dr. Mohan, founder-chairman, and Anjana Ranjit Mohan, managing director, DMDSC about this interesting collaboration on metabolic health. It is still in the early stages but we are excited about it,” she said.
