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Ahmed Reja, EASD 2018 – Diabetes in developing countries

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Published Online: Oct 16th 2018

Professor Reja discusses the challenges resulting from the recent rise in type 2 diabetes in Ethiopia, and how the Ministers of Health are supporting patient care.

Questions:

1. What is the current state of diabetes in Ethiopia? (0:12)

2. What are the main challenges for diabetes patients in Ethiopia? (1:56)

3. What are the Ministers of Health doing to help treat the rise in diabetes patients in Ethiopia? (3:08)

4. What do you think are the main causes in the rise in diabetes in Ethiopia? (4:12)

5. What are your hopes from EASD 2018, and your highlights so far? (5.25)

Speaker’s disclosures: Professor Reja has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) annual meeting, Berlin, Germany, 2018

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