The Merck Diabetes Award 2017 winners Dr. Sheila Wanjiru (left), Dr. Mucheru (3rd left) and Dr. Obure (right). [Photo/nation.co.ke]

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Kenya's five medical students have been feted for coming up with the best thesis on how to prevent diabetes in Kenya, in the Merck Diabetes Award 2017.Nation reports the five were among 19 medical students selected from African and Asian universities.The feted students include Sheila Wanjiru, Samuel Mucheru, Dr. Elisha Kipkemoi Ngetich and Ken Munene from the University of Nairobi and Ralph Obure of Aga Khan University.They were awarded on World Diabetes Day in Cairo, Egypt in a competition that attracted over 500 concept submission applications from universities in the two continents.“What we are trying to do is to raise awareness of key health problems by training and taking part in diabetes and hypertension topics,” the executive officer of Merck Foundation, Dr. Rasha Kelej said as quoted by the daily. The winners have been given a chance to study for a one-year postgraduate diploma in diabetes at South Wales University in the United Kingdom.