Diabetes diagnosis and care in sub-Saharan Africa: pooled analysis of individual data from 12 countries

Publication date: Available online 7 October 2016 Source:The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Author(s): Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Rifat Atun, Andrew Stokes, Alexander Goehler, Dismand Houinato, Corine Houehanou, Mohamed Msaidie Salimani Hambou, Benjamin Longo Mbenza, Eugène Sobngwi, Naby Balde, Joseph Kibachio Mwangi, Gladwell Gathecha, Paul Waweru Ngugi, C Stanford Wesseh, Albertino Damasceno, Nuno Lunet, Pascal Bovet, Demetre Labadarios, Khangelani Zuma, Mary Mayige, Gibson Kagaruki, Kaushik Ramaiya, Kokou Agoudavi, David Guwatudde, Silver K Bahendeka, Gerald Mutungi, Pascal Geldsetzer, Naomi S Levitt, Joshua A Salomon, John S Yudkin, Sebastian Vollmer, Till Bärnighausen Background Despite widespread recognition that the burden of diabetes is rapidly growing in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, nationally representative estimates of unmet need for diabetes diagnosis and care are in short supply for the region. We use national population-based survey data to quantify diabetes prevalence and met and unmet need for diabetes diagnosis and care in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. We further estimate demographic and economic gradients of met need for diabetes diagnosis and care. Methods We did a pooled analysis of individual-level data from nationally representative population-based surveys that met the following inclusion criteria: the data were collected during 2005–15; the data were made available at the individual level; a b...

Source: The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology - October 9, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research