Diabetes is an increasing health problem in African countries. This study was undertaken to
ascertain differences in the demography of diabetes in rural and urban populations, and to …

Delivery of healthcare Our project, supported by the Tropical Health and Education Trust
(THET), is based principally in the northern Ethiopian town of Gondar. There is a 3-tier …

Treatments for diabetes in Ethiopia are at present only available in hospitals so many
patients must travel great distances to obtain insulin, tablets, and diabetes education. We …

Background: During the past decade, diabetes mellitus has emerged as an important clinical
and public health problem through out the world. WHO estimated the number of cases of …

A retrospective analysis of all diabetic admissions to the adult medical wards of Tikur
Anbessa Hospital (TAH) over a period of eight years from 1987 to 1994 was done. There …

A survey of diabetic patients of all inpatient services in Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, was made for 6 mo in 1984. There were 121 hospitalizations of 116 diabetics in …

By January 1990, over a period of 14 years, the Diabetic Clinic at Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis
Ababa had registered 1699 diabetic patients, of whom 204 were first diagnosed in or before …

In 7 years, 809 Ethiopian patients have been seen in a diabetic clinic in Addis Ababa, of
whom 105 have had diabetes for more than 15 years (none more than 30 years). Of those …

A health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted to describe how diabetes was
being managed in health facilities in Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia. We analysed data …

A register of diabetic patients attending the Royal Victoria Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia, was
kept and data on hospital admissions recorded over a 1‐year period. Two hundred and sixty …