Covid-19 Worsened Already Fraught Diabetes Situation - WHO Africa SouthAfrica WorldDiabetesDay2022 WorldDiabetesDay Covid19 WHO
World Diabetes Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness of diabetes as a global public health issue and what needs to be done, collectively and individually, for better prevention, diagnosis and management of the condition.
This year's World Diabetes Day is taking place at the end of a year which has been intensive in terms of global advocacy for diabetes. the WHO and partners have used the opportunity of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin to highlight the huge gap between the people who need access to insulin to control their diabetes, as well as essential technologies such as blood glucose meters and test strips, and those who actually have access.
The Day also comes at a time when the world continues to live through the Covid-19 pandemic, which has not only resulted in a high proportion of people with diabetes among hospitalized patients with severe manifestations of Covid-19 and among those who have succumbed to the virus, but has also led to severe disruption of diabetes services.
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