Broadening Our Perspective: Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa

What happens with a child during pregnancy when the mother has malaria? Could malaria during pregnancy even cause diabetes in the child later in life? With the majority of diabetes studies focusing on Western urbanity, we desperately need data on the challenges and changes happening in rural areas of developing countries. In countries like Tanzania, people live with double burdens, suffering from both communicable diseases like malaria and non-communicable diseases like diabetes. Furthermore...

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How do we as academic researchers ensure that our research actually reaches, and thereby benefits, society and its people? The podcast series ‘Postdocs Talking – from Research to Society’ focuses on how academic researchers can build bridges between science and several important sectors of society: language when engaging people with diabetes, funding for research, innovation and its relation to industry, policy-making, education and social media, and art in scientific representation. Listen as motivated postdocs and experts discuss the challenges and solutions within each topic.‘Postdocs Talking – from Research to Society’ is a podcast born at the 2021 Danish Diabetes Academy Winter School for Postdocs. You can find additional information about the podcast at www.danishdiabetesacademy.dk/podcasts and about Danish Diabetes Academy and the Winter School at www.danishdiabetesacademy.dkPublisher: Danish Diabetes and Endocrine AcademyProducer: Kontekst & Lyd