**1.3 Care of children and adults with diabetes**

Diabetes care in Africa has been a subject of many challenges especially after being hit by triple burden of HIV, diabetes, and tuberculosis, among other infectious diseases [12]. To add to the fire, the COVID-19 pandemic brought in more challenges to the governments and the healthcare system that was already fragile. The system has been used to cater to acute and infectious conditions rather than chronic infections, which has a different model and high costs.
