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Juliet Khumalo was 25 years old when she was diagnosed with diabetes in 2019. At first, she did not think much of the chronic disease, but she had to take it more seriously after she miscarried at 40 weeks pregnant.
On Tuesday, as the country commemorated World Diabetes Day, the Department of Health hosted an interprovincial cycling challenge between North West and Gauteng, ending at Khutsong Multipurpose Centre in Carltonville, west of Johannesburg.
In South Africa, diabetes is the leading underlying natural cause of death in women and the second-highest underlying cause of death for the entire population, according to a study conducted by the SA National Bioinformatics Institute and published in July.
