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Cost barriers keep Kenyans at risk of diabetes from seeking tests

In brief

Nearly 440,000 adults in Kenya are living with undiagnosed diabetes, raising concern over barriers to early detection. This comes even as new research shows that the cost of testing prevents many people from seeking medical checks. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimates that 440,000 of the 810,000 adults living with diabetes in Kenya, representing 54...

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