Africa is expected to reach up to 55 million diabetes cases by 2045, more than double its current numbers and well beyond the rest of the world
Poor diet and increasingly sedentary lifestyles are blamed for the high level of diabetes in Africa.
“Covid-19 is delivering a clear message: fighting the diabetes epidemic in Africa is in many ways as critical as the battle against the current pandemic,”Twenty-four million people are living with diabetes today in Africa, which is also the region with the “highest number of people who do not know their diagnosis,” the WHO statement said.
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