Diabetes has become a national diability, according to the director of the National Diabetes Institute (NADI), and with numbers rising, it is important for Malaysian doctors to detect and treat its complications more aggressively.

Speaking to this newspaper about the significance of the recently launched V-Protect campaign - an Emerging Pharma-sponsored incentive aimed at increasing awareness for microalbuminuria testing - NADI director and endocrinologist Dato’ Professor Mustaffa Embong stressed that early detection and intervention are essential to slowing the macrovascular problems that occur with diabetes.

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