Nearly 40,000 persons living with diabetes in Guyana

In Guyana, diabetes represents a serious public health problem as nearly 40,000 persons are living with it and there are perhaps another 20,000 that have not been diagnosed, the Ministry of Health said in a release Friday.

Diabetes continues to increase as a global pandemic and every country is reporting an increase in the impact of diabetes on people’s lives, the release also noted.

“In spite of our continuing efforts to make people aware of the dangers, people continue also to ignore the warnings from the