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More Nigerians Losing Limbs to Diabetes - Experts

Statistics show that over 5.5% of Nigerians are living with diabetes and more are losing their limbs as a result of major complications from the disease, experts have said during the annual Podiatry and Diabetes Footcare Workshop in Lagos.

Nigeria: Experts Raise Alarm Over Increased Rate of Diabetes Foot Amputation

This Day, 23 August 2018

Experts have raised alarm that more Nigerians are losing their limbs from diabetes foot, a major complication of diabetes mellitus. Read more »

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Community members get tested for sicknesses such as high blood pressure and diabetes (file photo).

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The Diseases Africans Need To Be Worrying About

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20 July 2018

Most African countries are putting measures in place to prevent deaths from noncommunicable diseases like cancer. Tanzania is injecting funding to ... see more »

Nigeria: Free Foot Checks for Diabetes Patients

Vanguard, 6 August 2018

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Nigeria: Understanding Diabetes and Its Complications

Guardian, 9 August 2018

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Read more »

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Study Shows How A Vaccine Can Reverse Type 1 Diabetes

A report published in The Telegraph UK has revealed that U.S. reseachers in an eight-year study have found that Bacillus Calamine Guerin (BCG) vaccine used against tuberculosis, ... Read more »
- Nigeria: BCG Can Reverse Type 1 Diabetes to Almost Undetectable Levels, Eight-Year Study Shows
- Resource Document The Diseases Africans Need To Be Worrying About
How Diabetes Can Cause Blindness

Diabetes is responsible for vision loss among adults beteen the ages of 20-74 years. The main diabetes-related medical problem known as diabetic retinopathy occurs when there is ... Read more »
- Tanzania: When Blindness Means You're Diabetic
- Ghana: UN Urges Diabetes Prevention to Stop Blindness

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