With increasing cases of diabetics around the globe, stakeholders in the health sector have raised the alarm over the spread of diabetic conditions in the country, with the number of Nigerians suffering from the disease estimated around 5 million within the last quarter of 2015.
The health experts made this known at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Abuja on Thursday, to commemorate the 2015 World Diabetes Day, put the global figure of those currently having the health condition at 415million.
They stressed that the global figure is projected to rise to 642 million people by the year 2035, unless drastic measures such as consumer policies and change in lifestyles, especially healthy nutrition are adopted to put a check on the rising figures.
According to the General Manager, Sanofi Nigeria-Ghana, Abderrahmane Chakibi, “Today, only 1 in 2 people living with diabetes know they have it. By 2035, it is estimated that 642 million people will live with the condition, accounting for the majority of deaths and disabilities worldwide. Thisday
