Happy World Diabetes Day!
Posted on: Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 at 11:01 amI wasn’t fully aware until recently, but today is World Diabetes Day (November 14th).
From the website:
“World Diabetes Day, organized by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) is the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes world. It was first introduced in 1991 in response to concern over the escalating incidence of diabetes around the world. Since then, it has grown in popularity and now unites more than 350 million people worldwide including opinion leaders, health-care professionals, carers, people with diabetes, and the general public.”
Why November 14th? Well it was chosen based on the birthday of Frederick Banting who along with Charles Best first conceived the ideas which lead to the discovery of insulin.
There appears to be a nice list of places to celebrate:
- Radio and television programmes
- Sports events
- Free screenings for diabetes and its complications
- Public information meetings
- Poster and leaflet campaigns
- Diabetes workshops and exhibitions
- Press conferences
- Newspaper and magazine articles
- Events for children and adolescents
To find out whats happening in your country, contact your local/national association.
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November 14th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
[...] Last year we wrote about it too, there were some great events they had lined up. This year they got some even cooler things going on. [...]