Managing type 2 diabetes in Soweto-The South African Chronic Disease Outreach Program experience.

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Published in Prim Care Diabetes on July 28, 2009

Authors

Ivor Katz1, Helen Schneider, Zodwa Shezi, Golebemang Mdleleni, Trevor Gerntholtz, Omar Butler, Lenore Manderson, Sarala Naicker

Author Affiliations

1: Dumisani Mzamane African Institute of Kidney Disease, University of the Witwatersrand, Old Potch Road, Diepkloof, Soweto, South Africa. ivorjkatz@gmail.com

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