Nigerians suffering from diabetes are facing untold hardship due to the rising cost of medicines and other barriers to accessing comprehensive care in the country, investigations have shown. To mark the World Diabetes Day today, Daily Trust spoke to some patients, who said they have resorted to herbal medicines to manage their conditions. The patients and medical experts called on …

The wife of Osun State Governor, Mrs. Titilola Adeleke, has called on the residents of the state to take advantage of the free testing sponsored by the Governors’ Forum and the World Health Organisation to get screened for diabetes and hypertension. Adeleke spoke in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday at the launch of ‘Project 10 Million,’ a national health campaign …

The Oyo State Government has announced plans to screen 347,304 residents as part of the ‘Project 10 Million: Know Your Numbers, Control Your Numbers,’ an initiative aimed at detecting and controlling hypertension and diabetes across the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oluwaserimi Ajetunmobi, made this known during the unveiling of the project at the Governor’s Office in Ibadan on …

The Diabetes Association of Nigeria  (DAN) has petitioned the Coordinating Minister of Health, Prof Muhammad Pate, on the rising cost of diabetes care in the country. The association said the price of insulin, a critical and lifesaving drug for diabetes patients, had risen by about 200 per cent from N4,000 to N12,000. DAN warned of a potentially catastrophic existential threat …

The manufacture of blood glucose metres (also known as glucometer or or blood sugar metre) and strips in Nigeria will revolutionise healthcare and make a significant impact in the lives of people living with diabetes in Africa and beyond, according to the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye. A glucometer …