Fig. 1

Evolution of public action on diabetes in Mali. The fight against diabetes went through three main stages that witnessed an intermittent partnership between public authorities and patient associations. Official public commitment came late and was slow, as show the few policies and authorities related to diabetes (blue lines). Malian patient associations engaged early in Bamako and rallied for a community diabetes non-profit care centre (green lines). Support from external partners was low and ad hoc. The figure stresses some international organisations and events related to diabetes at international level (red lines) and international organisations and projects that have targeted diabetes at Malian level (orange lines)