Abstract:
Worldwide, Diabetes is one among the major health challenges of the current century in 2015, diabetes was estimated to have caused more deaths (5.0 million) than the combined number annual deaths from HIV/AIDS (1.2 million), tuberculosis (T .5 million), and malaria (0.4 million). Diabetes prevalence has risen globally since 1980 and this rise has been related to both population growth and ageing populations, with the number of adults with diabetes. increasing from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Diabetes is a significant health issue that is projected to affect more people in the future. Rising numbers have pat great tension on people diagnosed with the disease and on the healthcare. system, as diabetes is associated with macrovascular and microvascular complications such as blindness, kidney failure, heart disease, and nerve damage.
Currently many blood glucose self-monitoring systems are privately and publicly used by people in Uganda. The existing common method or system in Uganda for estimation of blood glucose concentration is using glucose meter or test Strips, which involves pricking the finger and extracting the blood along with chemical analysis being done with the help of disposable test strips. This kind of method is not favourable for the children, the elderly and the Sickler's to use as it is invasive.
Therefore, in this system, the non-invasive method is used that is based on the measure of glucose levels using urine and breath.
