Bridging the Gap in Diabetes Care

Bridging the Gap: Reducing Disparities in Diabetes Care is a 5-year initiative funded by the Merck Foundation that seeks to improve access to high-quality diabetes care and reduce disparities in health outcomes among vulnerable and underserved populations with type 2 diabetes in the United States. Bridging the Gap grantees aim to build sustainable partnerships to address the medical and social factors that influence health, redesign health care systems to improve diabetes care, and improve health outcomes and decrease disparities for individuals and communities with type 2 diabetes.