Abstract: This paper aimed at analyzing the major causes of diabetes among city dwellers in Burco. Diabetes has been cited as a chronic disease that is widespread not only in Burco but the rest of Somaliland. It is thought be caused by poor feeding, increasing lifestyles imported by urbanization resulting into people preferring to eat processed food that is causing over-weight (obesity) among other cases. Mixed methods (involving questionnaires, interviews and participant observation) were used to gather primary data. Some of the research findings were as follows: The study found that there are two types of diabetes existing in Burco which are type 1 and Type 2(TM) of which the latter has claimed more lives but also worried the Burco populace so much. While a good number of people confirmed that they have seen or heard of diabetes disease or diabetic individuals, there are also some who are not even aware of the disease existence and this could mean that some people may be diabetic without knowing; we also found that diabetes is affecting young people that are below 19 years of age in Burco.
Keywords: Analysis, causes, diabetes, Burco, City, Somaliland.
Title: Analysis of the Major Causes of Diabetes in Burao City, Somaliland
Author: Hibaq Ali Ismail, Hafsa Abdirazak Mohamed, Magool Aden Mire, Khadra Mohamud Ayah, Abdifatah Abdillahii Hassan, Mohamed Salah Omer
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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