Journal of Diabetes Research
Volume 2018 (2018), Article ID 3419290, 2 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3419290

Erratum

Erratum to “Readiness of Sub-Saharan Africa Healthcare Systems for the New Pandemic, Diabetes: A Systematic Review”

Bernardo Nuche-Berenguer¹ and Linda E. Kupfer²

¹National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1804, USA
²Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA

Correspondence should be addressed to Linda E. Kupfer; kupferl@mail.nih.gov

Received 8 May 2018; Accepted 10 June 2018; Published 8 July 2018

Copyright © 2018 Bernardo Nuche-Berenguer and Linda E. Kupfer. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

In the article titled “Readiness of Sub-Saharan Africa Healthcare Systems for the New Pandemic, Diabetes: A Systematic Review” [1], the format of Table 1 was unclear. The updated table is shown below.

Table 1: Examples of interventions to improve patient adherence to diabetes treatment in SSA.

Country
Summary of intervention
Outcomes

Mozambique [42]
Improvement of care through establishment of partnerships and systematic care
Increased information about diabetes and access to care for patients

Rwanda [50]

Cameroon [27, 66]
Integration of diabetes care into primary care facilities
Reduced transportation barriers and improved patient retention rates

Kenya [33]

Kenya [52]
Cell phone-based home glucose monitoring programs
The clinical outcomes have not been evaluated yet

DRC [68]

Kenya [34]
Establishment of home-based screening for diabetes
No improvement in clinical outcomes

Nigeria [69]
Introduction of self-monitoring blood glucose programs
No improvement in clinical outcomes

Kenya [35]

Cameroon [70]

South Africa [67]
Establishing of mobile testing units
Improvement in linkage to care

Ghana [71]
Setting off electronic reminders on risk management for diabetic patients
Increased adherence to treatment and reducing of FBG

Cameroon [72, 73]
Different approaches to establish peer support for diabetes patients
Increased adherence to treatment and improvement in clinical outcomes

Kenya [36, 44]

References

B. Nuche-Berenguer and L. E. Kupfer, “Readiness of sub-Saharan Africa healthcare systems for the new pandemic, diabetes: a systematic review,” Journal of Diabetes Research, vol. 2018, Article ID 9262395, 12 pages, 2018.