World Diabetes Day: Educate today to protect tomorrow: Diabetes affects around 422 million people worldwide
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Every year on November 14, World Diabetes Day is observed to draw people's attention to the health risks posed by diabetes and how to avoid them.
On World Diabetes Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls for expanded access to excellent diabetes education for health and care providers, the general public, and people living with diabetes as part of efforts to attain universal access to quality, affordable diabetes care.
Diabetes affects around 422 million people worldwide, and diabetes is directly responsible for 1.5 million fatalities each year. Diabetes is estimated to affect more than 96 million people in the WHO South-East Asia Region, with another 96 million being pre-diabetic, resulting in at least 600,000 deaths each year. Diabetes prevalence in the Region is expected to rise by 68% by 2045 unless urgent action is taken.
Every year on November 14, World Diabetes Day is observed to draw people’s attention to the health risks posed by diabetes and how to avoid them.
Every year on November 14, World Diabetes Day is commemorated to draw people’s attention to the health risks posed by diabetes and how to avoid them. The huge achievement of insulin discovery by two outstanding scientists, Sir Frederick Banting and Charles Best, is commemorated on this day. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) will be organising activities on the day, so look for a local event! Any assistance or support you can provide for this cause would be highly appreciated by everyone involved.
What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke, and amputation of lower limbs. A healthy diet, physical activity, and abstaining from tobacco use can all help to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes. Diabetes can also be controlled and its repercussions minimised or postponed through medication, routine screening, and treatment for complications. Diabetes is a chronic condition that arises when the pancreas does not create enough insulin or when the body does not use the insulin that is produced adequately. This causes an increase in the concentration of glucose in the blood (hyperglycaemia).
Diabetes Types:
Type 1 diabetes (also known as insulin-dependent diabetes or childhood-onset diabetes) is characterised by a lack of insulin production.
Type 2 diabetes (also known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes or adult-onset diabetes) is caused by the body’s inefficient utilisation of insulin. It is frequently caused by high body weight and physical inactivity.
Gestational diabetes is hyperglycemia that appears during pregnancy.
The Importance of World Diabetes Day 2022
This day is primarily observed to raise diabetes awareness through programmes that reach over one billion people worldwide. Furthermore, it promotes IDF advocacy initiatives all year. It contributes to the recognition of the need of adopting coordinated action to combat diabetes.
The UN Resolution that established World Diabetes Day in 2007 is represented by a blue circle emblem. This emblem represents diabetes awareness and the global diabetes community’s togetherness.
Diabetes education must be enhanced in order to help stop the growth in diabetes and protect future generations. From the ground up, health and care staff must have the means and knowledge to detect diabetes early and adequately care for diabetics. Diabetes patients must have access to detailed information on how to best manage their illness, which may involve medication adherence and regular check-ups. Furthermore, the general public must be fully aware of how to prevent diabetes, such as through a healthy lifestyle, as well as how to detect its signs and symptoms, such as the need to urinate frequently, thirst, constant hunger, weight loss, vision changes, and fatigue.
History of World Diabetes Day:
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization declared World Diabetes Day for the first time in 1991. (WHO). The date of November 14 was chosen as World Diabetes Day because it was the birth anniversary of Frederick Banting, who developed insulin with Charles Best. And in 1991, the day commemorated his 100th birthday anniversary, therefore it was declared World Diabetes Day to encourage diabetes awareness all over the world.
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