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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 6 ? Leading integrated communications company, Safaricom Limited has announced a Sh5 million sponsorship for this year?s Diabetes walk slated to take place in Nairobi and Mombasa on July 7 and 21 respectively.
The Diabetes Walk is organised by the Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Centre (DMI Centre) as a fundraising and awareness activity.
This is the 7th year that Safaricom is sponsoring this event and organizers are hoping to raise Sh12 million which will be used to supply free insulin to economically disadvantaged children.
Kenya has an estimated diabetes prevalence rate of 4.5pc which translates to about 1.8 million people and it?s predicted that this figure will rise to 5.4pc by 2025.
Further, the number of children and young people with type 1 diabetes is on the rise.
The estimated prevalence ranges between 2.7pc in the rural areas to 12.7pc in urban areas.
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/06/safaricom-donates-sh5m-for-diabetes-walk/
The Diabetes Walk is organised by the Kenya Diabetes Management and Information Centre (DMI Centre) as a fundraising and awareness activity.
This is the 7th year that Safaricom is sponsoring this event and organizers are hoping to raise Sh12 million which will be used to supply free insulin to economically disadvantaged children.
Kenya has an estimated diabetes prevalence rate of 4.5pc which translates to about 1.8 million people and it?s predicted that this figure will rise to 5.4pc by 2025.
Further, the number of children and young people with type 1 diabetes is on the rise.
The estimated prevalence ranges between 2.7pc in the rural areas to 12.7pc in urban areas.
http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/06/safaricom-donates-sh5m-for-diabetes-walk/