Lectures and seminars Interplays between infectious diseases, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for the double burden of diseases

24-03-2026 9:00 am - 10:30 am Add to iCal
Karolina, Widerströmska Huset, Tomtebodav 18a
A map of Africa where the Sub-Sharan countries are marked and a photo of Professor Choukem.
Welcome to a guest lecture by Professor Simeon Pierre Choukem.

Guest lecture with lecture with Professor Siméon Choukem, President of the Cameroon Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition and a Founding-member and faculty of the “Diabetes Academy Africa”.

This lecture examines how infectious diseases, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases intersect in sub-Saharan Africa, and what these links mean for prevention, clinical care and health systems facing a double burden of disease.

The lecture is co-hosted by Dr. Katja Wyss, Department of Medicine, Solna, Dr. Helena Nordenstedt, Department of Global Public Health, and SRP Diabetes