tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25122217990065128892026-07-30T22:18:50.490+03:00DISARMING DIABETES DAILYNurturing vibrant, engaged, informed and empowered individuals, families and communities of people disarming diabetes daily in Africa.Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-11712864142740187312026-02-20T21:08:00.058+03:002026-04-10T02:44:45.529+03:00When Sugar Turns Deadly: A Mother’s Fight Against Diabetes Ketoacidosis (DKA)Diabetes Diaries – Part 2
Diabetes is not just about insulin and food. Sometimes, it is about survival.
This is Part 2 of my journey raising a child with diabetes — the
part that nearly broke me.
What Is DKA — And Why Is It So Dangerous?
DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis) happens when the body does not have
enough insulin. Without insulin, the body cannot use glucose for energy, so it
AnnieBaganzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444149418124333085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-66656496583900911062025-12-02T17:49:00.000+03:002025-12-02T17:49:01.691+03:00 WHERE
DIABETES SUPPLIES ARE EXPENSIVE MORE THAN LIFE
In Kenya,
Nairobi city 4-year-old Nathania
wakes up before sunrise. While other children prepare for school, her first
task each day is survival
through testing her blood sugar levels, injecting insulin given her beta cells
are unable to perform normal duties. Nathania has lived with Type
1 Diabetes (T1D) since she was
1 year of AnnieBaganzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08444149418124333085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-6273435408162093802023-10-23T09:54:00.001+03:002023-10-23T09:54:21.879+03:00IDF AFRICA PEER EDUCATORS TRAINING; PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT IN DIABETES EDUCATIONPART
ONE; RESEARCH, MONITORING, AND EVALUATIONThe question of WHY is what separates the wise from
the foolish, and this is why it is necessary to carry out research, to answer a
particular question, and to understand observations. Research should be;
Objective
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<!--[endifAfrica Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-71677878354489488382023-09-18T11:26:00.004+03:002023-09-18T14:16:51.382+03:00FRIO Insulin Cooling Wallets: A game changer for insulin safetyMrs. Annie Baganzi handing over 14 Frio insulin colling wallets to Dr. Catherine N.at Nsambya HospitalKindly allow me to explain the value of the Frio insulin cooking wallets by taking you back to high school biology. When the food we eat is digested, any carbohydrates consumed are digested or broken down into glucose within the digestive system. The glucose is then absorbed into the Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-14533560625135250922023-09-18T11:25:00.000+03:002023-09-18T11:25:43.014+03:00Introduction to Diabetes Education 101 Attendees of the AfDA education event on 26th Jan 2023On the 28th of January, 2023, a cohort of 11 members met for a diabetes education event hosted by Africa Diabetes Alliance at Satellite Hotel on Kisaasi-Kyanja road from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The event comprised two separate sessions, the first one facilitated by Mr. Michael Tirwomwe, a registered dentist and lecturer of Biochemistry at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-60883972257636589752023-08-27T22:53:00.007+03:002023-09-18T11:25:05.978+03:00Capacity Building Academy with Ms. Cynthia TysickCertificate ceremony at the conclusion of the NGO'sCapacity Building Academy in KampalaAfrica Diabetes Alliance volunteers participated in the Capacity Building Academy run by Ms. Cynthia Tysick in collaboration with the Global Partner Studio at the University of Buffalo in New York. This event was held from the 10-12th June 2023 at the American Centre in Kabalagala, Kampala, Uganda.Class inAfrica Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-67594488454622883552023-08-24T06:20:00.001+03:002023-08-30T12:41:50.687+03:00All about leveraging technology, food choices and nutrition to manage diabetesThe AfDA commemoration of World Diabetes Day, 2022In honor of Diabetes Awareness month 2022, which is commemorated every November on the 14th, and also doubles as Frederick Banting's birthday, our community had first event gathering since the Covid-19 pandemic disruptions in programming and activities.Many of our members had been through so much in the course of the pandemic such as some Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-41667173067002575622023-08-16T22:46:00.017+03:002023-08-24T04:18:12.381+03:00 The "Olayemi" Project: The AfDA Emergency Medical Information CardThe AfDA Emergency Medical information cards The year was 2020 and the world was in the throes of a global pandemic known as the Covid-19 pandemic. Our WhatsApp support group was growing as the world went digital, and people tried to find information and support to navigate through a scary time. Word on the street was that people living with Diabetes had the highest risk of dying from this Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com0Uganda1.373333 32.290275-26.936900836178847 -2.8659749999999988 29.683566836178844 67.446525000000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-60289647327341259492020-02-28T01:13:00.002+03:002020-02-28T01:13:49.965+03:00Finding the Rainbow in the Sugar, MY 18 MONTHS JOURNEY AS A TYPE 1
Written by Vero Kange
June 10th
2018 was quite a day. There are millions of things I can say about that day but to sum it all in one
word; ANSWERS.
On that Sunday evening, at Norvik Hospital, Kampala, I learnt why I had
had tingles in my legs for a while, why I was easily losing weight despite my insatiable
sweet tooth, why I peed volumes of urine all the time, why I was alwaysAfrica Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-7027851213713986372020-02-28T01:10:00.000+03:002020-02-28T01:10:09.026+03:00Doing medicine to be able to disarm diabetes in my life and my community
Written by Benjamin Mafale from Zambia
My name is Benjamin, a 19 year old type 1
diabetes patient living in Zambia. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in
mid-2016 at the age of 15. I came to know about my condition when I was in grade 11 in boarding
at Kalomo secondary school. My experience started suddenly with some
presentations of type 1 diabetes. In the unknown early symptoms Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-21144830291312761782020-01-10T01:43:00.002+03:002020-01-10T01:43:22.054+03:00Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 26 was shocking
Written by Sharon Atim
Before diagnosis
I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes on February 27, 2013 at the tender age of 26. My immediate response was shock because until that day, there was no one with diabetes in my family. I'm still the only person living with it. Secondly, I did not know type 2 diabetes happened to people in their 20s when I was diagnosed. I thought it was Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-66834251107365715812019-12-19T19:57:00.000+03:002019-12-19T20:59:52.168+03:00THE 2019 IDF-YLD TRAINING SUMMIT IN BUSAN AND ONGOING ADVOCACY
Written by Sarah
Biyinzika, YLD Uganda representative, YLD Africa Region representative, 2019-2021
Talking about challenges faced in managing diabetes in my country Uganda
Allow me take you through how I got to participate in the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Young Leaders in Diabetes (YLD) 2019-2021 Program.
After a spell of
poor management and health Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-34298039602820874232019-12-06T19:45:00.000+03:002019-12-06T19:45:06.109+03:00Advocacy and the Changing Diabetes in Children (CDiC) project has given me a much needed ray of hope
Written by Taremwa Ian Mark
My name is Ian and I am
22 years old. I am a known diabetic, to be more specific, Type 1 diabetes for the last 1 year. Unfortunately, I have lived a quite tricky and challenging life
based on the fact that I have been brought up by a single mother. My father
abandoned us; and by us I mean myself, my mother and my sister. But we managed
to grow up.
Talemwa Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-52854325313315562162019-12-02T06:58:00.000+03:002019-12-19T20:11:17.191+03:00SPICES PROJECT- Improving NCDs health centre capacities and championing community transformation
Written by Edith Mukantwari
Attending the SPICES project dissemination
workshop on Thursday 29th August 2019, was a truly life altering
moment for me, in the best way possible. When I got the call to attend and give
a talk on the patient’s experience, I was nervous. As always, I had too much to
say and didn’t really know how to organise my thoughts. I’m always afraid that
I’ll forget Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-62239790567210735042019-11-17T22:43:00.001+03:002019-11-19T14:13:07.225+03:00The power of family support and dia-buddy friendships in easing diabetes management
Written by Sewanyana Rodney Alex
November is diabetes awareness month and the theme this year is "The Family and Diabetes." As I tell you my story of living with type 1 diabetes, I hope you can tell how big of an influence family can have on how patients manage their diabetes and appreciate that our fellow diabetes warriors are a family as well.
Facilitating an ice breaker session at an Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-23335994204258975592019-10-19T16:59:00.000+03:002019-10-20T22:15:35.124+03:00Diabetes held me back, the IDF-AFRICA advocacy camp in Ethiopia opened my eyes to a brighter future
Written by Ankunda "Karen" Blessing
I have been living with type 1
diabetes for a year now in Uganda. I was diagnosed on July 31st 2018 and the shock from that moment froze us. I did
not fully understand what diabetes was. I just thought managing it was a matter of eliminating sugar in my diet, taking
medications and I'd be good to go! Alas, that wasn’t the case. It was not that Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-29654803821732168882019-10-10T11:57:00.001+03:002019-10-21T00:01:58.905+03:00My journey to thriving with type 1 diabetes
Written by Sarah Biyinzika
At the Uganda Diabetes Association Annual Scientific Conference, 2019
I would like to welcome you once again to
our Africa Diabetes Alliance blog. My name is Sarah Biyinzika and I come from Uganda. I am 26 years old and have been living with type 1
diabetes for 14 years now. I have come to realise that there is nothing
like a perfect diabetic and trying to beAfrica Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512221799006512889.post-60112688230537183832019-06-20T19:48:00.120+03:002023-08-17T03:56:52.973+03:00The way of AfDA: Disarming Diabetes Daily
Thursday, 20th June, 2019
Written by Mukantwari Edith Prudence
A big and beautiful official welcome to our blog. We are so glad you are here. I hope that you have heard of Africa Diabetes Alliance (AfDA) before. However, in case you haven't, I hope that this serves as an introductory post to understanding our why and joining our patient empowerment efforts, and passion for developing Africa Diabetes Alliancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189479019178244119noreply@blogger.com0