ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a disease that has long been thought of as being a disease of the wealthy; a disease that is chronic in nature; a disease which can be managed but not cured. It focuses on a technological instrument, a glucometer, the first-choice technology when it comes to testing and diagnosing diabetes in Uganda. The chapter shows how a medical instrument like the glucometer can be translated and adapted to a setting like Uganda. It explores how the introduction and translation of global health technologies for a disease like diabetes may only slowly contribute to the development of novel infrastructural and political engagements on the ground. In Uganda, there has recently been a national survey to assess the burden of non-communicable diseases, which in turn has led to the formulation of new policies and strategic plans that are supposed to be used by all actors involved to lower the burden of diabetes and other non-communicable diseases.
