Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. This was a cross-sectional survey to determine prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose IFG among adults attending six health centres in six different districts of Luanda Angola during August-November , followed by a case-control study to assess the risk factors for IFG and diabetes in a subgroup of subjects not receiving treatment for diabetes.
Some 1, participants were included in the survey. Prevalence of diabetes was In conclusion, the high prevalence of diabetes and IFG, with common unawareness of the disease, calls for appropriate interventions in Angolan urban settings.
Further research may evaluate the impact of context-specific factors to enhance intervention strategies and feed the results into local health policies. In addition, such information may be useful for selecting high-risk subjects to test.
Some However, these figures have a high degree of uncertainty since This is mostly due to inadequate NCDs screening programs and awareness in many African countries 5. Epidemiological evidence about diabetes and other NCDs in SSA is scant, despite their increasing burden and the need for reliable data to develop policies, guidelines and interventions 6.
Angola, as other SSA countries, is experiencing an epidemiological transition and a double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases especially in urban settings, due to changes in lifestyle, diet and physical activity 6. The diabetes growing challenge undermines the already weak Angolan health system. The lack of national policies and guidelines on diabetes, on top of the absence of accurate estimates of disease prevalence 7 , highlights the urgency to develop proper programs for the early detection of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose IFG or pre-diabetes.
