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Epidemiological investigation in recent 20 years and status analysis of diabetic foot in Africa

  

  1. 1. Abbas Medical Center, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Science, Dar es Salaam  21361,Tanzania;
    2a. Diabetes Check Center;  2b. Department of Diabetic Foot,Shijiazhuang Second Hospital,
    Shijiazhuang  050051,China; 3. Diabetes Center, 306 Hospital of  PLA,Beijing 100101,China
  • Online:2017-08-05 Published:2017-08-10
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Liu Rongmei,Email: lrm6222@163.com

Abstract: The incidence of  type two diabetes (T2DM) is great increasingly year by year. Diabetic foot as one of the most important complications of diabetes, which incidence is about 40%~60%, can lead to the serious public health problems. And the situations of diabetic foot in Africa is much worse than other developing and developed countries. So Dr ZG. Abbas established the first foot clinic in Tanzania and the project of Step By Step has been developed in global regions from the origin of Tanzania and India, which has made great contributions for human beings.

Key words: diabetic foot, Wagner classification, Step By Step