Burden of diabetes set to increase across sub-Saharan Africa, potentially diminishing health gains of recent years
Thursday, July 6, 2017 - 13:52
in Health & Medicine
As sub-Saharan African countries struggle to cope with the current burden of diabetes, new estimates suggest that costs associated with the disease could more than double and may reach up to US$59.3 billion per year by 2030 if type 2 diabetes cases continue to increase.