Since 1990, the Department of Health has subsidized organizations providing educators to assist diabetics. However, because the criteria for receiving subsidies are strict, no more than one-third of the diabetics in Taiwan are cared for by the more than 130 such organizations.
一九九○年起，衛生署補助糖尿病人保健推廣機構進行衛教工作，但因為補助的門檻高，全省一百三十多家機構照顧到的糖尿病人不到三分之一。