E/R: GHS alarmed as one in 100 children has type-1 diabetes

Prevalence has been rising more rapidly in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries.

Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower limb amputation.

Between 2000 and 2019, there was a 3% increase in diabetes mortality rates by age.

In 2019, diabetes and kidney disease due to diabetes caused an estimated 2 million deaths.

Story by Flyfmghana.com/Emmanuel Adjetey

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