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The campaign themes have included diabetes and human rights, lifestyle, obesity, disadvantaged populations, and children. The day itself marks the birthday of Frederick Banting, one of the discoverers of insulin in 1922. Diabetes Voice Diabetes Voice is the quarterly magazine of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). IDF is an umbrella ...
World Diabetes Day (WDD) is the primary global awareness campaign focusing on diabetes mellitus and is held on 14 November each year. [1] WDD is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), and each World Diabetes Day focuses on a theme related to diabetes.
Globally, an estimated 537 million adults are living with diabetes, according to 2019 data from the International Diabetes Federation. [1] Diabetes was the 9th-leading cause of mortality globally in 2020, attributing to over 2 million deaths annually due to diabetes directly, and to kidney disease due to diabetes. [2]
Prevalence of total diabetes by age and Global Burden of Disease super-region in 2021. The International Diabetes Federation estimates nearly 537 million people lived with diabetes worldwide in 2021, [152] 90–95% of whom have type 2 diabetes. [153] Diabetes is common both in the developed and the developing world. [10]
Pakistan has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world. According to International Diabetes Federation (IDF), as of 2021, [61] it is estimated that there are 33 million people living with type 2 diabetes in Pakistan; the third largest diabetes population globally.
International Diabetes Federation Jean Claude Mbanya is a Cameroonian professor of medicine and endocrinology . He is the Dean Doctoral School of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences at the University of Yaoundé 1 .
In 2012, the International Diabetes Federation released the 5th edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas. In this it is noted that estimates published in the 4th edition were instrumental in providing the evidence to drive the unanimous adoption of the resolution for the September 2011 UN High-level Meeting on non-communicable diseases.
Wendell Wise Mayes Jr. (March 2, 1924 – September 12, 2021) was an American radio and cable television editorialist and executive in Austin, Texas, who was known for his leadership and philanthropy roles with the American Diabetes Association and the International Diabetes Federation, within the Texas Broadcasting Association, and for being a Peabody Awards winning journalist and editorialist.