November 14, World Day to celebrate advances in the fight against Diabetes.

November 13, 2021

Setting a day on the calendar to bring attention to a health issue is very common. Since 1991, November 14th has been established by the IDF – International Diabetes Federation and the WHO – World Health Organization as World Diabetes Day, in response to growing concern about the threat to health posed by the disease. In 2006 it became an Official United Nations Day.

This date was chosen because it is the birthday of Frederick Banting, who together with Charles Best, led the experiments that led to the discovery of Insulin in 1921.

Global awareness campaign.

World Diabetes Day is the world's largest diabetes awareness campaign, reaching a global audience of over one billion people in 165 countries.

The campaign is represented by the blue circle logo, adopted in 2007 after the adoption of the UN Resolution on diabetes. The blue circle is the global symbol of diabetes awareness. She represents the unity of the world community around the fight against diabetes.

 

Diabetes facts and figures

The numbers, information and projections on the global impact of diabetes, brought by the Diabetes Atlas IDF – International Diabetes Federation, allow analyzing the severity of the disease and its impact on people's lives and the economy of countries.

  • 463 million adults (1 in 11) were living with diabetes in 2019. The number of people living with diabetes is expected to increase to 578 million by 2030.
  • 1 in 2 adults with diabetes remains undiagnosed (232 million). Most have type 2 diabetes.
  • More than 3 in 4 people with diabetes live in low- and middle-income countries.
  • 1 in 6 live births (20 million) is affected by high blood glucose (hyperglycemia) in pregnancy.
  • Two-thirds of people with diabetes live in urban areas and three-quarters are of working age.
  • 1 in 5 people with diabetes (136 million) are over 65 years of age.
  • Diabetes caused 4.2 million deaths in 2019.
  • Diabetes accounted for at least US$ 760 billion in healthcare spending in 2019 – 10% of total global healthcare spending.


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Reference:

1. International Diabetes Federation. About World Diabetes Day. Available in:
https://worlddiabetesday.org/about/ Accessed in November 2021.

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