The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc., and the global humanitarian organization Direct Relief announced Esperanza Health Centers among the 2019 winners of the Transformative Innovation Awards for Community Health. The award program recognizes health centers and free and charitable clinics working to improve diabetes health outcomes in the Greater Chicago area with nearly $200,000 in funding. Esperanza, a Federally Qualified Health Center that operates four primary care clinics on Chicago’s Southwest Side, will use the awards to support its Nurse-Led Insulin Titration Program, which offers weekly diabetes management appointments to its patients with hard-to-control diabetes. An estimated 1.3 million people in Illinois are living with diabetes, and another 3.6 million are prediabetic, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. For more information, please visit www.esperanzachicago.org or call 773-299-7932. To view the full list of winners, please visit: https://www.baxter.com/baxter-newsroom/baxter-international-foundation-and-direct-relief-launch-program-improve-diabetes