Etiologic Types and Complications of Diabetes Mellitus in Newly Diagnosed Patients at Health Institutions in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional and Prospective Observational Study

Rudo Gwini   ^{1 *} , MSc, MMed, MD ;   Elopy Sibanda   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Desmond Mwembe   ^{2 *} , BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD ;   Fraser James Pirie   ^{3 *} , MBChB ;   Ayesha A Motala   ^{3 *} , MBChB, MD

¹ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Science and Technology Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

² Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Faculty of Applied Sciences, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

³ Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

*these authors contributed equally