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Himeji Castle lit up for World Diabetes Day in 2008. World Diabetes Day was launched in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the rapid increase of diabetes cases around the world. [2] [4] [5] Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2006 (A/61/L.39/Rev.1 and Add.1 ...
The St Vincent Declaration has inspired other regional partnerships between the IDF and WHO, [3] especially in response to the emerging pandemic of type 2 diabetes: [4] [5] [6] the Declaration of the Americas or DOTA (1996), the Western Pacific Declaration on Diabetes (WPDD 2000), and the Declaration and Diabetes Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa ...
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), a respected leader in the field. IDF is an umbrella organization representing over 240 national diabetes associations in 168 countries and ...
Workplace wellness, also known as corporate wellbeing outside the United States, is a broad term used to describe activities, programs, and/or organizational policies designed to support healthy behavior in the workplace.
The Big Blue Test was a program started by Diabetes Hands Foundation to raise awareness of the importance of exercise for people with diabetes. The program took place leading up to World Diabetes Day [18] (November 14). It reinforced the importance of exercise in managing diabetes by having participants test their blood sugar, get active, test ...
World Health Observances mark a period which is often used to promote an issue and mobilize for action. Below follows a list of days and months which have been denoted as health related observances. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag. The moment reminds his father of Patrick’s graduation from college, and he takes a picture of his son with his cell phone.
Novo Nordisk works with doctors, nurses, and patients, to develop products for self-managing diabetes conditions. The DAWN (Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs) 2001 study was a global survey of the psychosocial aspects of living with diabetes. It involved over 5,000 people with diabetes and almost 4,000 care providers. [54]