IXL Social Enterprise Case Studies Chronic Diseases October, 2013 | Page 8

Improving Chronic Disease Care in Slums by 2019

Slum dwellers have a range of complex healthcare needs

Figure 6. Slum dwellers need to be aware about healthcare, and care needs to be
accessible, affordable and accurate

Developing solutions for healthcare in slums will require careful consideration of consumer
needs. Consumers, however, may be a person who is suffering from a chronic disease or a
family member or caretaker. Therefore, each of the following sections can be examined from the
perspective of either patient or caretaker.
I didn’t know...
Khalida, a 32 year-old mother from a
Chittagong slum, was surprised when
she was diagnosed with diabetes. “Doctor
says it has been years I have got diabetes,
and now the situation has become
serious. I didn’t have money to come
and see the doctor that is why I did not
come earlier. Today, I came here to take
m