Johnson & Johnson launches global Diabetes Institute,

"With diabetes reaching epidemic proportions in the United States and in the rest of the world, there is a critical need for diabetes educators and other health care professionals to provide education and care to people with and at risk for diabetes. However, the level of knowledge required to maintain job skills at peak intensity is growing and becoming progressively more complex. Changes in healthcare delivery require diabetes educators to acquire a host of new skills and become familiar with latest diabetes tools and technologies, said Lana Vukovljak, MA, MS, CEO of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). The American Association of Diabetes Educators supports J & J's Diabetes Institute initiative as it will provide diabetes educators and other health care professionals with the opportunity to stay current and be better prepared to help fight the epidemic."