Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. The most common form, type 2 diabetes, occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or fails to produce enough insulin, and its prevalence has risen sharply in all income levels over the past three decades. Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune condition, results in the pan

Dengue fever is an arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes (both Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopiticus). It is a severe, flu-like illness that affects infants, young children and adults, but seldom causes death.