World Diabetes Day ( other United Nations official languages : World Diabetes Day, Arabic اليوم العالمي لمرضى السكري, Spanish Día Mundial de la Diabetes, Chinese 世界 糖尿病 日, French Journée mondiale du diabète ) - this day serves as an important reminder to all progressive humanity that the prevalence of the disease is steadily increasing. For the first time, World Diabetes Day was held by IDF ( ) and WHO ( World Health Organization ) on November 14, 1991 to coordinate diabetes control around the world. Thanks to IDF's activities, World Diabetes Day reaches millions of people around the world and brings together diabetic societies in 145 countries with the noble goal of raising awareness about diabetes and its complications. Having outlined a theme specifically for people with diabetes each year, IDF does not seek to concentrate all efforts on stocks of one day, but distributes activity throughout the year.
Celebrated annually on November 14 - a date chosen in recognition of the merits of one of the insulin discoverers Frederick Bunting , born November 14, 1891. Since 2007, celebrated under the auspices of the United Nations. It was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in special resolution No. A / RES / 61/225 of December 20, 2006 .
The General Assembly resolution invites UN member states to develop national programs to combat diabetes and care for people with diabetes . It is recommended that these programs take into account the Millennium Development Goals .
Content
- 1 Importance of the event
- 2 World Day Themes
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
The importance of the event
Diabetes mellitus is one of the three diseases most often leading to disability and death ( atherosclerosis , cancer and diabetes mellitus ).
According to the WHO, diabetes increases mortality by 2–3 times and shortens life expectancy.
The relevance of the problem is due to the scale of the spread of diabetes. To date, around 200 million cases have been registered worldwide, but the actual number of cases is about 2 times higher (people with a mild, medication-free form are not taken into account). Moreover, the incidence rate annually increases in all countries by 5 ... 7%, and doubles every 12 ... 15 years. Consequently, the catastrophic increase in the number of cases takes on the character of a non-infectious epidemic .
Diabetes mellitus is characterized by a steady increase in blood glucose, can occur at any age and lasts a lifetime. A hereditary predisposition is clearly traced, however, the realization of this risk depends on the action of many factors, among which obesity and physical inactivity are leading. Distinguish between type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent and type 2 diabetes or non-insulin dependent. A catastrophic increase in the incidence rate is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus, which accounts for more than 85% of all cases.
On January 11, 1922, Bunting and Best first injected insulin into a teenager with diabetes, - the era of insulin therapy began - the discovery of insulin was a significant achievement in 20th century medicine and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923.
In October 1989, the Saint Vincent Declaration on improving the quality of care for people with diabetes was adopted and a program for its implementation in Europe was developed. Similar programs exist in most countries.
Patients' lives lasted, they stopped dying directly from diabetes. Advances in diabetology in recent decades have led us to look optimistically at solving the problems caused by diabetes.
World Day Topics
- 1991 - “The Problem of Diabetes Comes to the World”
- 1992 - “Diabetes: A Problem of All Ages and All Countries”
- 1993 - Growing Up with Diabetes
- 1994 - Diabetes and Aging
- 1995 - The Price of Ignorance
- 1996 - "Insulin for Life"
- 1997 - “Global awareness is the key to a better life”
- 1998 - Diabetes and Human Rights
- 1999 - “The cost of diabetes” (diabetes costs)
- 2000 - “Diabetes and the quality of life in the new millennium”
- 2001 - “Burden Reduction: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease"
- 2002 - “Your eyes and diabetes: don't forget about risk”
- 2003 - “Diabetes can cost you kidneys. Act immediately! ”
- 2004 - “Fighting Obesity Prevents Diabetes"
- 2005 - “The primary focus of the foot is preventing amputation” (Diabetes and foot care) [1]
- 2006 - “Diabetes: help everyone!” (Diabetes among disadvantaged and vulnerable people) [1]
- 2007 - "Diabetes in children and adolescents" [1]
- 2008 - “Diabetes in children and adolescents” [1]
- 2009 - “Diabetes, education and prevention” [1]
- 2010 - “Diabetes, education and prevention” [1]
- 2011 - “Diabetes, education and prevention” [1]
- 2012 - “Diabetes, education and prevention” [1]
- 2013 - “Diabetes, education and prevention” [1]
See also
- Diabetes
- Insulin
- Self-monitoring for diabetes
- World Mental Health Day
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 World Diabetes Day