WHO decries Africa’s growing diabetes burden amid lifestyle changes
NAIROBI: Diabetes is taking a toll on Africa’s population due to rapid urbanisation, sedentary lifestyle, poor dietary habits, and alcoholism, said a senior official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tuesday during World Diabetes Day. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said the continent has 24 million adults living with diabetes, and the […]
Know what you eat to avoid getting diabetes
KUCHING: Know what you eat, know how much you can eat to avoid getting diabetes. Diabetes Malaysia Sarawak Branch chairman Dr William Voon said there is still a lack of awareness on the serious health complications caused by diabetes. He said many people are aware about diabetes but not all know that it can cause […]
Govt to allocate RM4.9 billion annually for diabetes management
The federal government is set to allocate an annual budget of RM4.9 billion to address the growing concern of diabetes within the country, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa. This significant expenditure is deemed necessary as approximately 3.9 million adult citizens are currently affected by the chronic illness. The National Health and Morbidity Survey 2019 […]
Diabetes: Ting sounds the alarm on growing incidence
SIBU: Sarawak has 160,587 diabetes patients registered with the National Diabetes Registry. In Sibu Division alone more than 23,000 diabetes patients are being treated at government clinics. Chairman of Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) Clarence Ting Ing Horth said some may have also sought treatment at private clinics and that there may still be many people […]
Disease stricken former cop gets aid from Bandar Kuching MP
KUCHING: A former policeman suffering from chronic ailments including heart disease and diabetes received some much-needed assistance from Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii today. Due to complications, the man has had one foot and several toes on the other amputated. “He is now going for follow-up with the hospital for his medical conditions, thus […]
Growing incidence of diabetes worries Dr Yii
KUCHING: Both the federal and state governments must step up efforts and campaigns to encounter the rising incidence of diabetes in the country including in Sarawak. In making this call, Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii pointed out that COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of this issue and exposed the danger of patients with non-communicable […]
High diabetes rate due to overeating, lack of exercise
KUCHING: The high incidence rate of diabetes in Sarawak of about one in six or seven individuals is reflective of overeating and the lack of exercise in urban living. Citing the National Health and Morbidity report, Diabetes Malaysia Sarawak Branch chairman Dr William Voon said the incidence rate of diabetes in Malaysia was 21 percent, […]
Be healthy, don’t be a burden to others
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don’t, there are consequences you’ll have to deal with later in life. – Bryan Adams, Canadian guitarist Yesterday was World Diabetes Day (WDB). But how many of us were aware of this? In fact, we can safely say that even those who knew the existence […]
One in two patients unaware they had diabetes
KUALA LUMPUR: One in two patients did not know they had diabetes until a blood sugar screening was performed, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. The majority of incidences of diabetes are preventable with good lifestyle habits, and with regular screening the disease can be detected early, he said. In conjunction with […]
