This year marks the third and final year of the World Diabetes Day 2021-23 theme on access to diabetes care. This year’s campaign focuses on the importance of knowing your risk of type 2 diabetes to help delay or prevent the condition and highlighting the impact of diabetes-related complications and the importance of having access to the right information and care to ensure timely treatment and management.
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. When not detected and treated early, diabetes can lead to serious and potentially life-threatening complications.
For people at risk of type 2 diabetes, knowing your risk and what to do is important to support prevention, early diagnosis and timely treatment.
For people living with diabetes, awareness and access to the correct information and best available medicines and tools to support self-care is vital to delay or prevent complications.
For healthcare professionals, access to sufficient training and resources is required to detect complications early and provide the best possible care.
The slogan for this year’s campaign is: Know your risk, Know your response
We are kicking off the campaign with a 90-day countdown to November 14. The countdown will promote the key messages of the campaign and aim to highlight activities organised around the world that promote healthy habits to delay or prevent type 2 diabetes and support people living with diabetes in the management of their condition.
