India, April 23 -- Roche has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with VinCense, a digital health monitoring offering by MedIoTek Health Systems. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies aim to implement 3 programmes in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu- (i) screening 100,000 individuals over the next two years for diabetes, hypertension, obesity etc. (ii) intervention for uncontrolled diabetes mellitus management (iii) intervention for tuberculosis - diabetes mellitus co-morbidity management. The partnership will use comprehensive integrated digital health solutions to drive early detection, intervention and care continuum in the state.

Roche and VinCense successfully conducted a pilot between December 2022 and September 2...