Former President Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo has disclosed how he has successfully managed diabetes for thirty year, saying it only
kills those who are careless about its treatment.
Obasanjo disclosed this on Friday
morning, November 8, when he led hundreds of people on a road walk to sensitise
the populace on the disease and how to manage it.
The road walk was organised by
the South West Zone of the Diabetes Association of Nigeria (DAN) in
collaboration with the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), to mark
the 2019 World Diabetes Day.
This is not
the first time the former president would give a lecture on diabetes.
He said: “While I was at Ibadan,
I had a postgraduate anatomy neighbour, Cynthia Ibe, who was researching type-2
diabetes. It was then I knew there are two types of diabetes— type 1 and 2. She
enlightened me more on the causes, management and treatment of diabetes.
“Our conversation became more
interesting and intellectual to the point she told me about the little albino
rats she was using for her experiments, the photographs from her results, the
reagents and herb extracts she was using for her work, and the hope her
research could bring to people suffering from diabetes.
“Diabetes—a major cause of
blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke and lower-limb
amputation—prevalence has been rising more rapidly in middle- and low-income
countries. World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that diabetes was the
seventh leading cause of death in 2016.
“According to International
Diabetes Federation (IDF), it is estimated that 415 million people are living
with diabetes in the world, which is estimated to be 1 in 11 of the world’s
adult population.
“The figure is expected to rise
to 642 million people living with diabetes worldwide by 2040. About five
million Nigerians live with diabetes, and an estimated two-thirds of diabetics
in Nigeria remain undiagnosed. Sadly, this number is going to increase by 2040.
“The theme for the diabetes
awareness month and World Diabetes Day 2018 and 2019 is ‘Family and Diabetes’.
“A two-year time frame has been chosen to best facilitate planning,
development, promotion and participation,”
Despite the majority of people
surveyed having a family member with diabetes, an alarming four-in-five parents
would have trouble recognising the warning signs. One-in-three would not spot
them at all.
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