Nicholas Errol Rahim, David Flood, Maja E Marcus, Michaela Theilmann, Taing N Aung, Kokou Agoudavi, Krishna Kumar Aryal, Silver Bahendeka, Brice Bicaba, Pascal Bovet, Alpha Oumar Diallo, Farshad Farzadfar, David Guwatudde, Corine Houehanou, Dismand Houinato, Nahla Hwalla, Jutta Jorgensen, Gibson Bernard Kagaruki, Mary Mayige, Roy Wong-McClure, Bagher Larijani, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Omar Mwalim, Kibachio Joseph Mwangi, Sudipa Sarkar, Abla M Sibai, Lela Sturua, Chea Wesseh, Pascal Geldsetzer, Rifat Atun, Sebastian Vollmer, Till Bärnighausen, Justine Davies, Mohammed K Ali, Jacqueline A Seiglie, Jennifer Manne-Goehler
BACKGROUND: The global burden of diabetes is rising rapidly, yet there is little evidence on individual-level diabetes prevention activities undertaken by health systems in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Here we describe the population at high risk of developing diabetes, estimate diabetes prevention activities, and explore sociodemographic variation in these activities across LMICs. METHODS: We performed a pooled, cross-sectional analysis of individual-level data from nationally representative, population-based surveys conducted in 44 LMICs between October, 2009, and May, 2019...
October 2023: Lancet Global Health