Type 1 diabetes in low and middle-income countries - Tanzania a streak of hope.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In several of the Low and Middle Income countries , many patients with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) are most probably not diagnosed at all which may contribute to their low incidence. As an example of a country with low income and poor resources, we have chosen to study T1D in children/young people in Tanzania.

Methods

Analyses of casebooks and statistics at several Tanzanian hospitals treating young patients with insulin dependent diabetes, usually Type 1 diabetes, and collection of information from different organisations such a Tanzanian Diabetes Association, Life for a Child, Changing Diabetes in Children and World Diabetes Foundation.

Results

The incidence in several areas is low. However, a lot of data are often missing at studied clinics and therefore the

SUBMITTER: Ludvigsson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080134 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature