*The African Face of Childhood Diabetes DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108723*

manage diabetes, a broad-based health system is needed, which more often than not is not present there. Because of the way sub-Saharan Africa health systems are, most patients with diabetes will likely drop off the system, because the system cannot cater to their needs, including facilities to manage micro- and macrovascular complications; adding it to the present infectious disease program like HIV has not been successful yet.
