New Delhi: Blesseda digital care platform to control and reverse diabeteshas announced that they have more than two million people with diabetes on their platform. The platform has seen its user base grow 17 times in the last five years.
According to a recent Lancet report, India is home to approximately 77 million people with diabetes, and these numbers are projected to rise to 125 million by 2045. The report also concludes that approximately one in five adults in India is estimated to have diabetes.
Traditionally, Indians have lacked awareness on issues like diabetes, which has prevented people from getting proper diagnosis and care on time. With only five percent of diabetes physicians residing in tier two cities and beyond, the population there is underserved and access to good quality health care it is severely limited.
However, post-pandemic, BeatO has seen a 5x increase in new user registrations from tier four and beyond, with 38 percent of its users currently belonging to tier four cities. The most new user registrations from tier four cities were from Ernakulam (8x), followed by Allapuzha (7x), Thanjavur (6x) and Pathanamthitta (6x).
Gautam Chopra, co-founder and CEO of BeatO commented: “The lack of medical infrastructure and access to quality healthcare has always been a concern in India, especially in tier three and four cities. The pandemic only exposed the prevailing problems and made us realize the importance of digital infrastructure and its role in creating a bridge to control the impact of chronic diseases like diabetes.”
BeatO recently published the findings with the International Diabetes Federation, where the company extracted the sociodemographic details of more than one million users with diabetes in its smartphone-connected care ecosystem between October 2015 and April 2022, revealing that the majority of male users belonged to level four (39 percent). percent), followed by metro (33 percent), level two (21 percent), and level one/level three (7 percent). The majority of women belong to the metro (40 percent), followed by level four (32 percent), level two (21 percent), and level one/level three (7 percent) respectively.
“People are now more aware of the various risk factors associated with diabetes, are able to recognize the typical early symptoms of diabetes, and are seeking help to manage the condition with proper medication and care,” Chopra concluded.
