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Diabetes - World Health Organization (WHO)
Diabetes factsheet from WHO providing key facts and information on types of diabetes, symptoms, common consequences, economic impact, diagnosis and treatment, WHO response.
Diabetes - World Health Organization (WHO)
Una dieta saludable, la actividad física regular, el mantenimiento de un peso corporal normal y la evitación del consumo de tabaco pueden prevenir la diabetes de tipo 2 o retrasar su aparición.
Diabetes - World Health Organization (WHO)
Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose (or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and nerves. The most common is type 2 diabetes, usually in adults, which occurs when the body becomes resistant to insulin or doesn't make enough insulin.
Urgent action needed as global diabetes cases increase four-fold over ...
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 WHO Global Diabetes Compact
The launch coincides with the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin. The WHO Global Diabetes Compact has the vision of reducing the risk of diabetes, and ensuring that all people who are diagnosed with diabetes have access to equitable, comprehensive, affordable and quality treatment and care.
Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance, Monitoring and Reporting
A comprehensive framework to support countries in tracking and managing diabetes prevention, care, and outcomes.
Global report on diabetes - World Health Organization (WHO)
Overview On the occasion of World Health Day 2016, WHO issues a call for action on diabetes, drawing attention to the need to step up prevention and treatment of the disease. The first WHO Global report on diabetes demonstrates that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million adults. This dramatic rise is largely due to the rise in type 2 diabetes ...
WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes ...
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various types of cancer and for diabetes with associated comorbidities such as obesity. Medicines for cystic fibrosis, psoriasis, haemophilia and blood-related disorders are among the other additions.
Call for Experts: Technical Advisory Group on Diabetes
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking experts to serve as members of the Technical Advisory Group on Diabetes (TAG-D). This “Call for experts” provides information about the TAG-D, the expert profiles being sought, the process to express interest and the process of selection.
Guidance on global monitoring for diabetes prevention and control
The Guidance on global monitoring for diabetes prevention and control by WHO provides a comprehensive framework to support countries in tracking and managing diabetes prevention, care, and outcomes.
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