Eye photos could soon tell whether one has diabetes
A doctor checks a patient's sugar level with a Glucometer. Researchers in Kenya are working on a simpler and faster way to predict when a patient has diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) by just taking photos of the eye.
The non-invasive equipment uses artificial intelligence and has retinal cameras that help analyse a patient’s risk of having diabetes and hypertension.
The Health Ministry is in talks with the national public insurer NHIF on an inclusive cover for Non-Communicable Diseases.
Researchers in Kenya are working on a simpler and faster way to predict when a patient has diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) by just taking photos of the eye.
This comes as the Health ministry says funding for non-communicable diseases like these is low, with Kenya requiring over Sh350 billion in the next five years to tackle them, though only six per cent of that is available.
