The Impact is Being Felt Globally; UN Takes Action.
The Global Partnership for Effective Diabetes Management called for an overhaul in the world's attitude and approach toward diabetes treatment and prevention in order to reverse the rising diabetes epidemic recently recognized by the first United Nations (UN) World Diabetes Day.
"The UN Resolution is a major milestone as it recognizes diabetes as a serious, growing and costly threat to individual and world health." said Martin Silink, International Diabetes Federation President and campaign lead for the UN Resolution on Diabetes. "The staggering statistics of this disease show that there is absolutely no room for complacency."
"If we don't take action now, by 2025 almost 400 million people will be living with diabetes globally," said Professor Stefano Del Prato, chair of the Global Partnership and professor of endocrinology at the University of Pisa, Italy. "No single patient, physician, government or region is equipped to confront diabetes alone.
Worldwide, diabetes currently affects 246 million people. By 2025, it is expected to affect almost 400 million and the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates increases in diabetes rates will occur in developing countries because of population growth, ageing, unhealthy diets, obesity and sedentary lifestyles.
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