Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold …
1 day ago · The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million, more than quadrupling since 1990, according to new data released in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day. The analysis, conducted by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), highlights the scale of the diabetes epidemic and an urgent need for stronger global ...
Global diabetes epidemic reaches critical levels with 800 ... - UN News
13 hours ago · It is the first global analysis of trends in both diabetes rates and treatment coverage based on data from 140 million people across the world aged 18 or older. The analysis revealed a doubling of diabetes cases from seven to 14 per cent between 1990 and 2022 with nearly 450 million adults – 60 per cent of those affected – remaining untreated .
Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold …
13 hours ago · In addition, the same year, a diabetes resolution was endorsed at the World Health Assembly urging Member States to raise the priority given to the prevention, diagnosis and control of diabetes as well as prevention and management of risk factors such as obesity. In 2022, WHO established five global diabetes coverage targets to be achieved by 2030.
Global diabetes cases exceed 800 million highlighting urgent …
8 hours ago · The study further reveals substantial global differences in diabetes rates, with the prevalence of diabetes among adults aged 18 and older around 20% in the WHO South-East Asia and the Eastern ...
Diabetes in adults nearly doubles worldwide, study suggests | CBC News
16 hours ago · In 2022, there were around 828 million people aged 18 years and older with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes worldwide, the study found. Among adults aged 30 years and older, 445 million — or 59 per ...
Diabetes: Global treatment gap is widening, study finds
1 day ago · More than 800 million adults around the world now have type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a global analysis has estimated—more than four times the number in 1990. Almost six in 10 adults aged over 30 with diabetes, equal to around 445 million people, did not receive treatment in 2022, three and a half times as many as in 1990, research in the Lancet found.1 The study found that while treatment rates ...
Diabetes - World Health Organization (WHO)
Apr 5, 2023 · Diabetes factsheet from WHO providing key facts and information on types of diabetes, symptoms, common consequences, economic impact, diagnosis and treatment, WHO response.
Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to …
Jun 22, 2023 · Using the most recent evidentiary and analytical framework from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD), we produced location-specific, age-specific, and sex-specific estimates of diabetes prevalence and burden from 1990 to 2021, the proportion of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in 2021, the proportion of the type 2 ...
The Global Diabetes Compact: a promising first year
Apr 14, 2022 · One year ago today, WHO, together with the Government of Canada, launched the Global Diabetes Compact – an ambitious new initiative to galvanize efforts around the world to both reduce the risk of diabetes, and ensure that all people diagnosed with diabetes have access to equitable, comprehensive, affordable and quality treatment and care.
More than 800 million adults have diabetes globally, many …
1 day ago · The global diabetes rate has doubled since 1990 from around 7% to 14%, the study suggested, ... Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news ...