Nearly 30,000 Batswana are diabetic
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Activisties on World Diabetes Day
This was revealed by Dr Aderonke Oyewo during the World Diabetes Day commemoration at Molapo Piazza on Saturday.
She said the figures emphasised the need for urgent action. “Diabetes is more than a health issue and requires definitive policy action across many sectors,” she added.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...