RMI

April 2, 2025

UAMS Offers Diabetes Education to Health Care Providers in the Marshall Islands

News Staff

A group of Marshallese health care workers pose with their certificates from a The institute launched its Family-Model Diabetes-Self-Management Education & Support (FDSMES) education program.

With support from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Ministry of Health & Human Services, members of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Northwest Regional Campus and the Institute for Community Health Innovation visited the Marshall Islands this month to provide training to community health workers (CHWs) and doctors on diabetes curriculum and pharmaceutical advancements.