Public awareness towards diabetes disease in Alamesra, Kota Kinabalu / Mohd Ashrafiq Azman and Nurlaili Mazlan

Diabetes can be referred as a progressive and complex disease that is difficult to treat effectively in the long-term. In Malaysia, it is shows that the rate of diabetic patients is increasing but still the awareness level among public is remain low even though there are many programmes and also initiatives that has been conducted by government and other bodies to raise their awareness towards this disease. Basically, the purposes of this study are to seek and identify the level of awareness towards diabetes among people in Alamesra since it shows that the rate of diabetic in Kota Kinabalu is lesser compared to other states in this country.