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The starting point for living well with diabetes is an early diagnosis the longer a person lives with undiagnosed and untreated diabetes the worse their health outcomes are likely to be Easy access to basic diagnostics such as blood glucose testing should therefore be available in primary health care settings
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Globally over 422 million people live with diabetes In April 2021 the World Health Organization WHO launched the Global Diabetes Compact GDC an initiative aiming to make sustained improvements in type 2 diabetes T2DM prevention and care for people living with all forms of diabetes
to prevent type2 diabetes and to prevent the complications and premature death that can result from all types of diabetes These include policies and practices across whole populations and within specific settings school home workplace that contribute to good health for everyone regardless of whether they have diabetes such as
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When diabetes is uncontrolled it has dire consequences for health and wellbeing In addition diabetes and its complications impact harshly on the finances of individuals and their families and the economies of nations People with diabetes who depend on lifesaving insulin pay the ultimate price when access to affordable insulin is lacking
People with diabetes have a higher risk of health problems including heart attack stroke and kidney failure Diabetes can cause permanent vision loss by damaging blood vessels in the eyes Many people with diabetes develop problems with their feet from nerve damage and poor blood flow This can cause foot ulcers and may lead to amputation
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Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase fourfold over
The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million more than quadrupling since 1990 according to new data released in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day The analysis conducted by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration NCDRisC with support from the World Health Organization WHO highlights the scale of the diabetes epidemic and an urgent need for stronger global
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IWorld Health Organization IIInternational Diabetes Federation ISBN 92 4 159493 4 NLM classification WK 810 ISBN 978 92 4 159493 6 Recent estimates indicate there were 171 million people in the world with diabetes in the year 2000 and this is projected to increase to 366 million by 20301 Diabetes is a condition primarily defined by
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Since 1965 the World Health Organization has periodically updated and published guidance on how to classify diabetes mellitus hereafter referred to as diabetes 1 This document provides an update on the guidance last published in 1999 2 Diabetes comprises many disorders characterized by hyperglycaemia According to the current
coverage Investment in training of healthcare workers in diabetes prevention and management and better integration of diabetes care at primary health care level are fundamental building blocks The Global Diabetes Compact will focus on supporting countries to implement evidencebased interventions based on countryspecific needs building
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Geneva World Health Organization 2001 10 Global status report on noncommunicable diseases 2014 Geneva World Health Organization 2015 11 NCDRisC The weight of the world trends in adult body mass index in 200 countries since 1975 pooled analysis of 1698 populationbased measurement studies with 192 million participants