Global Experts Meeting On Diabetes, Hypertension & Metabolic Syndrome

Biography

Biography: Tsabang Nolé

Abstract

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing more in low-income countries than in high-income countries. According to the recent WHO report, the African continent with 7.1% of diabetic patients, it ranks after Southeast Asia with 7.8% and Eastern Mediterranean with 4.5%. Overweight and obesity are more responsible factors for this dramatic increase. Diabetes in Africa is a burden for already fragile economies, especially in Cameroon where the subvention of state is insufficient for many patients. Unfortunately, as a result of lifestyle changes, diabetes is exploding on the continent. The management of this unhealed disease is a real challenge for African health systems. With arrival of complications such as cardiovascular disease that handicapped older people, diabetes requires rapid, expensive and long-term medical care. The most frequent are hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and cigarette smoking. The objective of this study was to identify and document antidiabetic and its cardiovascular complications plants which may have effect on stroke. An ethnobotanical survey was conducted to identify these plants in three phytogeographic regions of Cameroon. 1131 randomly screened interviewees distributed in 58 socio-cultural groups were involved in this study. Twenty-five plants were recorded. They were used in the prevention and/or the treatment of at least two cardiovascular other diseases than diabetes.  Among these plants 4 of them have strong antibiotic activities. They were used to fight chronic infections and inflammation which predisposed people to cardiovascular diseases. This combined used of plants is very important in the management of diabetes and its cardiovascular complications.