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1 in 10 adults worldwide have diabetes. Over 90% have type 2 diabetes. Close to half are not yet diagnosed. In many cases, type 2 diabetes and its complications can be delayed or prevented by adopting and maintaining healthy habits. Knowing your risk and what to do is important to support prevention, early diagnosis and timely treatment.
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Access to diabetes care
Prevention of type 2 diabetes and diabetes-related complications is the focus of the final year of the World Diabetes Day 2021-23 theme Access to Diabetes Care. Learn more and support the campaign.
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Support our call to action to policymakers
Take part in the World Diabetes Day 2023 call to action. Send a letter to your national health minister or Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva using our online tool and ask them to dedicate more resources to help achieve the World Health Organization (WHO) diabetes coverage targets by 2030.
Send a letterMore than 2 in 3 people with diabetes already have complications at diagnosis
Global research from IDF reveals that 72% of people living with diabetes surveyed only received their diagnosis because they had at least one of the related complications
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1 in 10 adults are living with diabetes
The 10th Edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas reveals that 537 million adults around the world are living with diabetes
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Insulin at 100
The development of therapeutic insulin in 1921 was a landmark breakthrough in the history of medicine. Check out our dedicated platform and share your diabetes story.
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The first step to preventing type 2 diabetes is knowing your risk. Find out through our interactive tool.
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