Praava Health announces a new partnership on Wednesday with USA-based Joslin Diabetes Centre to connect patients in Bangladesh with world class diabetes care and prevention, says a press release.

A non-profit affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Joslin is the world’s largest diabetes research centre, diabetes clinic, and provider of diabetes education.

In Bangladesh, one in nine people over the age of 35 has diabetes, and one in every four has pre-diabetes. Praava Health is bringing Joslin’s innovative therapies from the US to patients at the inaugural Praava Family Health Centre in Dhaka. The partnership also aims to raise awareness of diabetes and pre-diabetes prevention for patients, through specialised training of Praava Health’s medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, and health coaches.