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Universal Care offers a comprehensive disease management service including HIV/AIDS counselling. This service is designed to empower members to manage their chronic conditions more effectively. Members are provided with telephonic counselling, e-mail information as well as on-line health and wellness information. This information can be communicated to the patient via: the Disease Management call centre, internet, e-mail, fax, post and physical handout point.

All CompCare Wellness members and their adult dependants diagnosed with a chronic condition such as HIV/AIDS, asthma, diabetes, hypertension etc should register on the Disease Management programme. By registering, an individual will have access to personalised health and wellness Information.

Members are also invited to phone the Disease Management Call Centre should they wish to speak to a nurse counsellor.

The Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology (CDE) may be used for members with diabetes and who are insulin dependent. The CDE is only available to members on the Pinnacle and Dynamix options.

CDE is a diabetic centre that provides a multidisciplinary team approach to the management of diabetes. The team includes diabetic specialists, diabetic educators, dieticians, podiatrists and a resident clinical psychologist.