WORLD DIABETES DAY
Support A1+!World Diabetes Day, celebrated every year on November 14, was established by IDF and WHO in 1991 with the aim of co-ordinating diabetes advocacy worldwide.
Since then, it has become the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes community. Through the activities of IDF member associations and partners, World Diabetes Day campaigns reach millions of people around the world.
The diabetes communities of more than 150 countries are united in what is both a targeted campaign to raise awareness of diabetes and its complications and a celebration of the lives of people with diabetes everywhere.
More than 200 million people worldwide have diabetes. Many of them do not receive the care that they need. This year's campaign focuses on diabetes in the disadvantaged and the vulnerable.
With the slogan “Diabetes Care for Everyone'” the World Diabetes Day 2006 campaign aims to raise awareness of communities and groups in both developed and developing countries that experience difficulties in accessing optimal healthcare because they are outside the healthcare system, or for some reason are less likely to access or are less aware of the services available to them.
Over 80 percent of people suffering from diabetes have problems with extra weight and obesity. Most of people with diabetes mellitus live in Europe and their number surpasses 50 million. Their number is supposed to outnumber 60 million in 2025 and the main reason for the illness is obesity.
