Diabetes mellitus is a massive public health problem that has major socio-economic
implications. There are now local and international data that confirm the high prevalence of …

Since 1988, the World Health Organization has been collecting standardized information on
the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in adult communities …

The World Health Organization has ranked Saudi Arabia as having the second highest rate
of diabetes in the Middle East (7th highest in the world) with an estimated population of 7 …

Myanmar is a country with significant administrative and natural divisions. Access to health-
care in few parts is adversely affected by socio-economic as well as infrastructural …

Aim Diabetes mellitus is recognised as a major chronic pandemic disease that does not
consider any ethnic and monetary background. There is a dearth of literature on the cost of …

Background: Economic development and social environment changes influence disease
patterns ranging from infectious diseases to noncommunicable diseases, and diabetes is …

The number of people living with diabetes, the number of deaths attributable to it, and the
cost of treating the disease and its complications are increasing exponentially. Centuries of …

Diabetes and its complications have huge disease burdens globally especially in
developing countries. Morbidity and mortality from diabetes is very high in Nigeria due to …

India, a country experiencing rapid socioeconomic progress and urbanization, carries a
considerable share of the global diabetes burden. Studies in different parts of India have …

OBJECTIVE—To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glycemia
(IFG) in a tribal population of Bangladesh. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A cluster …