World Diabetes Day today

The World Diabetes Day will be observed in the country today as elsewhere in the globe in a befitting manner to make the people aware about the disease.

This year’s theme of the day is “Access to diabetes care. If not now, when?”

On the eve of the day, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages urging all concerned to work together for creating awareness among the people about diabetes.

In his message, President Abdul Hamid said the number of diabetic patients is increasing across the world while the prevalence of the disease is also much higher in Bangladesh now.

“The prevalence of diabetes is increasing day by day due to urbanization, changes in lifestyle and food habit and lack of physical labour,” he added.

According to the specialists, the President said, the number of diabetic patients is now about 46 crore across the world, which would increase to 58 crore by 2030.

Due to the diabetes, the number of diseases related to heart, stroke, kidney, eye and paralysis is being increased along with enhancing the risk of death, he added.