As part of the national campaign leading up to World Diabetes Day, the Rwanda Diabetes Association together with the Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) and Team Type 1 gathered a team to screen United Nations staff and raise awareness about chronic diseases in Kigali, Rwanda on October 29th, 2015.

With a team composed of people from RBC and the Rwanda Diabetes Association, we conducted free screenings for blood sugar, body mass index, blood pressure and discussed fitness and health education.