Editorial - Special Collection: Innovate for Impact in Diabetes

From dialogue to action: Advancing diabetes prevention and care in South Africa

Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Melanie Pienaar
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine | Vol 18, No 2 | a5590 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v18i2.5590 | © 2026 Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Melanie Pienaar | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 04 May 2026 | Published: 30 September 2026

About the author(s)

Patrick Ngassa Piotie, School of Health Systems and Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Public Health, Medical School, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, South Africa; and, Diabetes Alliance South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Melanie Pienaar, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Abstract

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Keywords

diabetes; South Africa; public health emergency; national strategy; advocacy; Diabetes Summit; policy; national diabetes strategy

Sustainable Development Goal

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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