Objectives While increasing attention is paid to the rising prevalence of chronic diseases in
Africa, there is little focus on chronic kidney disease (CKD). This systematic review assesses …

Diabet. Med. 30, 399–412 (2013) Abstract Aim To summarize findings from studies reporting
the prevalence and incidence of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic maculopathy in African …

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) has reached epidemic proportions in Sri Lanka.
Presently there are studies on the community prevalence of distal peripheral neuropathy …

Introduction Ethiopia recorded the highest numbers of people with diabetes in Africa. It is not
uncommon for diabetic patients to have poor glycemic control leading to a number of …

AIM: The Diabcare Africa project was carried out across six sub-Saharan African countries to
collect standardised and comparable information for the evaluation of diabetes control …

METHODS: We performed a systematic narrative review of published literature following the
MOOSE Guidelines for Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews of Observational Studies. We …

Background. Diabetes chronic complications are major causes of morbidity and mortality,
among which diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) stands out. One of the tools to screen …

BACKGROUND: Like in all populations of the world, recently, diabetes became serious
health problem in Ethiopian population, as indicated by few community-and institution …

Diabetes mellitus is not a single disease entity but rather a group of metabolic disorders
sharing the common underlying feature of hyperglycaemia, which results from defects in …

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing globally and the greatest potential
increases in diabetes will occur in Africa. Data suggest that these increases is associated …