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Published on in Vol 11 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/84508, first published .
Community health worker explains diabetes management with visual aids to an older woman.

Training Community Health Workers for Diabetes Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review

Training Community Health Workers for Diabetes Management in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review

Anirudh Gaurang Gudlavalleti   1, 2 , BDS, MA ;   Sureshkumar Kamalakannan   2, 3 , BSc, MPH, PhD ;   Sophie Vanbelle (S)   4 , MSc, PhD ;   Venkata Satyanarayana Murthy Gudlavalleti   2 , MBBS, MSc, MD ;   Nicolaas C Schaper   5 , MD, PhD ;   Giridhara R Babu   6 , MBBS, MPH, PhD ;   Onno CP van Schayck   1 , MD, PhD

1 Department of Family Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

2 Department of Public Health, Pragyaan Sustainable Health Outcomes Foundation, Hyderabad, India

3 Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

4 Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

5 Department of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands

6 Department of Population Medicine, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Corresponding Author:

  • Anirudh Gaurang Gudlavalleti, BDS, MA
  • Department of Public Health
  • Pragyaan Sustainable Health Outcomes Foundation
  • Level 2, Kapil Kavuri Hub, Financial District, Nanakramguda
  • Hyderabad 500032
  • India
  • Phone: 91 8008799816
  • Email: anigaurang87@gmail.com