**3.2 Recommendations**

In line with a globally or regionally accepted management for diabetes in pregnancy—a multidisciplinary team approach, multilevel healthcare system/setting, local policies and standardised clinical practice guidelines should be made available for continuation of care for both mother and child, especially in the postpartum period, to reduce the effect and complications of diabetes in pregnancy.

This is important because most available guidelines are made for the advanced or global north setting, majorly excluding point-of-contact care guidelines (asides from screening and referral) for basic primary or community-based healthcare centres, where most pregnant women first present or have their deliveries in the developing or global south countries. Likewise, more research work needs to be carried out on the social determinants of DM outcomes in mothers and babies, as it pertains to different localities and socio-economic classes across the globe.
