World Diabetes Day
global awareness campaign on 14 November
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World Diabetes Day is a global awareness campaign held on November 14 each year to focus attention on diabetes and its impact. The day matters because it helps educate people about diabetes prevention, management, and the importance of access to care and treatment.
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Key facts
- Observed by
- worldwide
- Date
- November 14
via Wikipedia infobox
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World Diabetes Day (WDD) is the primary global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus and is held on 14 November each year.
WDD is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and each World Diabetes Day focuses on a theme related to diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is a largely preventable and treatable non-communicable disease that is rapidly increasing in numbers worldwide. Type 1 diabetes is not preventable but can be managed with insulin injections. Topics covered have included diabetes and human rights, diabetes and lifestyle, diabetes and obesity, diabetes in the disadvantaged and the vulnerable, and diabetes in children and adolescents. While the campaigns last the whole year, the day itself marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who, along with Charles Best, first conceived the idea which led to the discovery of insulin in 1922.