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Diabetes Care for Refugees in Jordan: Lulu’s Dose of Hope
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Diabetes Care for Refugees in Jordan: Lulu’s Dose of Hope

Direct Relief·ANERA·18 days ago
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published by  Anera here. Inside a small examination room at a medical center in Zaatari Refugee Camp, a mother and daughter sit closely together on a patient bed. The older woman, Hawra, is 70 years old and the mother of six children. Two of her children live with her in the camp, while the rest remain in Syria. Sitting beside her is her daughter Lulu, a 39-year-old woman who has been living with diabetes since the age of five. For Lulu, the disease has shaped nearly every chapter of her life. Over the years, complications from diabetes gradually took most of her eyesight. The loss did not come suddenly, but slowly, as the condition continued to affect her body. “My father passed away in Syria due to unknown causes,” Lulu says. “But I believe it was because of diabetes.…

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