SEMDSA Guidelines for Type 2 Diabetes 2009

Abstract

Although there is a lack of accurate information on the number of people living with diabetes in South Africa (estimates are of approximately 2 million), it poses a major challenge to our society. Diabetes is the seventh most common cause of death; it
also accounts for the majority of non traumatic amputations, is a prominent contributor to end stage renal disease and blindness, and is present in many people with acute strokes and myocardial
infarction.