Diabetes affects over a quarter of Pakistanis
Scientists say inter-family marriages are the main reason why 80,000 Pakistanis die each year from diabetes.
There are 422 million adults around the world who suffer from diabetes.
That figure has almost quadrupled since 1980, according to a World Health Organization report.
On World Diabetes Day, Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim looks at how Pakistan is trying to contain spiralling rates of the disease.
Published On 15 Nov 2018