World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day was coined by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in 2006. It has since been celebrated every year on November 14th.
Its purpose has been to promote the need to take coordinated and concerted actions to confront diabetes as a critical global health issue.
Diabetes has now become one of the world’s leading non-communicable diseases that affect the body’s ability to make or use insulin. There are three main types of diabetes – type 1, type 2, and gestational. The body’s blood sugar levels are remarkably constant and rarely outside the range of 3.5‐8.0 mmol/L but if an individual record continues fasting blood sugar over 8 mmo1/L or a random value over 11.1 mmo1/L the person is said to be diabetic.