“…The national burden of DM among HIV patients on HAART is higher than the general population in Ethiopia (3.2%) [45] thereby necessitating integration of diabetes screening program with HIV treatment program as the main stay in the prevention and control of diabetes. However, the burden of DM among peoples on HAART is consistent with findings from Tanzania 17% [46], Senegal 14.5% [47], Nigeria 12% [48] and African Americans 12% [49], which could be due to the fact that similar to our study, the aforementioned studies used similar methodology such as, the study participants were in age ! 15 years and !…”