Diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Kisantu, DR Congo: a cross-sectional prevalence study.

Objectives: To study the prevalence and risk markers of diabetes mellitus and intermediate hyperglycaemia (IH) in Kisantu, a semirural town in Bas-Congo province, The Democratic Republic of Congo.

Design: A cross-sectional population-based survey.

Settings: A modified WHO STEPwise strategy was used.

Operational assessment of access to ART in rural Africa: the example of Kisantu in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Despite the availability of large funds and considerable efforts to improve access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), coverage of treatment with ART remains low in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). We identified the bottlenecks for adults' access to ART in a semi-rural health zone in DRC, compared ART coverage in the urban and rural area and described the outcomes and yield of different HIV testing settings. An operational model was used to examine bottlenecks in the flow of patients.

Estimating prevalence of diabetes in a Congolese town was feasible.

Objectives: To study prevalence, determinants, and complications at diagnosis of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycemia (IH) in Kisantu, a semirural town in Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Study Design And Setting: A large-scale analytical cross-sectional population-based survey was performed in 2007 in Kisantu. After extensive sensitization, the study sample was collected using a modified World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise strategy, taking subsequently a random sample of streets, households within streets, and inhabitants aged 20 years and older within households.