1. Hall V, Thomsen RW, Henriksen O, Lohse N. Diabetes in Sub Saharan Africa 1999-2011: Epidemiology and public health implications. a systematic review. BMC Public Health. 2011;11:564.
2. IDF, IDF Diabetes Atlas 2014 Update. 6th edition. 2014.
3. Yemane T, Belachew T, Asaminew B, Befekadu O. Type II diabetes mellitus in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia. Ethiop J Heal Sci. 2007;17:107–114.
4. Abebe SM, Berhane Y, Worku A, Assefa A. Diabetes mellitus in North West Ethiopia: a community based study. BMC Public Health. 2014;14:1–18.
5. Adem A, Demis T, Feleke Y. Trend of diabetic admissions in Tikur Anbessa and St. Paul’s University Teaching Hospitals from January 2005-December 2009, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J. 2011;49:231–8.