Fiji Faces Diabetes Crisis: Raising Awareness for Early Detection and Support
Diabetes Fiji recently highlighted an urgent public health issue: late detection of diabetes is driving a sharp increase in amputations across Fijian hospitals. Chair Mohammed Taabish Akbar noted that many of these procedures involve patients who were unaware they had diabetes until severe complications arose. Currently, diabetes contributes to 65.4 percent of end-stage amputations in […]