When Edda Ngumbo, 42, from Lirangwe in the rural outskirts of Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, she was left bewildered and in denial. Edda’s disbelief was rooted in the popular myth that diabetes, or sugar disease as it is widely known in Malawi, is associated with the lifestyle of the …
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