TRIBUNJOGJA.COM – days Diabetes Worldwide falls on November 14 each year. This commemoration is a moment to raise awareness of the importance of maintaining health and living a healthy lifestyle. Moreover, diabetes is indeed a real threat that is estimated to be suffered by hundreds of millions of people by 2030.
This fact was revealed by IDS Diabetes Atlas as reported on the official website warning World Diabetes Day 2020.
According to the IDS Diabetes Atlas, it states that 463 million adults (1 in 11) are living with diabetes in 2019. The number of people living with diabetes is expected to increase to 578 million by 2030.
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For your information, Hari Diabetes The world is commemorated every November 14 every year.
As for the theme World Diabetes Day 2020 it raises issues about Nurse and Diabetes.
In particular, this theme raises the issue of the role and ability of nurses to make a difference for people with diabetes. Moreover, the challenges in the future seem to be getting heavier with so many diabetics.
Apart from the facts mentioned above, here are other surprising facts as reported by the official website of the Warning World Diabetes Day 2020 ;
- 1 in 2 adults with diabetes remains undiagnosed (232 million). The majority have type 2 diabetes.
- More than 3 in 4 people with diabetes live in low and middle income countries.
- 1 in 6 live births (20 million) are affected by high blood glucose (hyperglycemia) during pregnancy.
- Two thirds of diabetics live in urban areas and three quarters are of working age.
- 1 in 5 diabetics (136 million) are over 65 years of age.
- Diabetes caused 4.2 million deaths in 2019.
- Diabetes was responsible for at least $ 760 billion in health spending in 2019 – 10% of total global spending on health care.
Day Diabetes Global 2020 aims to raise awareness about the important role nurses play in supporting people living with diabetes.
Nurses currently make up more than half of the global health workforce. They do a wonderful job of supporting people living with a variety of health problems. People living with diabetes or at risk of developing the condition need their support too.
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People living with diabetes face a number of challenges, and education is essential to equip nurses with the skills to support them.
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