Conducted by the APhA Foundation with support from GlaxoSmithKline, the Diabetes Ten City Challenge  establishes a voluntary employee health benefit, provides incentives through waived co-pays for diabetes medications and supplies, and helps people manage their diabetes with help from a pharmacist "coach" in collaboration with physicians and diabetes educators. 

Today, 31 employers and hundreds of local pharmacists in ten cities are working together to help more than 1,000 employees, dependents and retirees manage their diabetes through the DTCC collaborative-care model.

The Diabetes Ten City Challenge is modeled after other highly successful programs, including the Asheville Project in North Carolina, a diabetes management program started in 1997 that has proven to improve overall health, reduce absenteeism, shorten hospital stays and reduce health care costs. 

Recent News and Events: 

April 6, 2009: Final Diabetes Ten City Challenge Clinical and Economic Data Announced

March 12, 2008 - APhA Foundation Announces Interim Clinical Diabetes Ten City Challenge Data 

March 12, 2008 - Diabetes Ten City Challenge Benefit Design Empowers People to Self-Manage Diabetes

"Newsline", the Diabetes Ten City Challenge quarterly newsletter, provides information about diabetes treatment and prevention, updates about the Diabetes Ten City Challenge, best practices, features on DTCC cities and employers, and other information of interest to DTCC participating employers, employees and pharmacists, the media and the general public.

Below are the newsletters published to date: