Author: Jacky Achan

By Jacky Achan Having noticed diabetes increasing rapidly and witnessing poor nutrition among people with diabetes, the diabetes association- UDA, introduced a food camp in 2022 to educate them and the public about healthy food options, cooking techniques, and meal scheduling. In 2005, Mary Nantongo Jjingo, a former bank employee and mother of seven, got shocking news. She had walked into a clinic on Luwum street, Kampala, to check her blood sugar. The lab attendant who had just returned her results, asked why she had not taken her medicine yet. Shocked, she asked, What medicine?” It was at that point…