Title: \"For someone who's rich, it's not a problem\" : insights from Tanzania on diabetes health-seeking and medical pluralism among Dar es Salaam's urban poor

Authors: Kolling, Marie and Winkley, Kirsty and Deden, Mette von

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2010

Journal: Globalization and health

Volume: vol. 6, no. 8

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: noncommunicable diseases, health services, health care delivery, disease control, poverty, tanzania

Abstract: In Africa, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is primarily affecting those living in urban areas and increasingly affecting the poor. This paper focuses on the structural context of diabetes services in Tanzania, the current status of health care, and health-seeking among people with T2DM.

URL: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/pdf/1744-8603-6-8.pdf

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