BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) — Diabetes is one of the biggest challenges to Brunei’s healthcare and economy, Haji Mohd Isham, the country’s health minister, has said.
The International Diabetes Foundation reported that 11.1 percent of adults aged 20 to 75 in Brunei have diabetes, exceeding the global average of 9.1 percent, the minister said on Sunday at an event commemorating World Diabetes Day, which