UNB, Dhaka :
Bangladesh and countries across the world will observe the World Health Day 2016 on Thursday, the birthday of the World Health Organization, which falls on April 7.
Every year, the WHO selects a priority area of global public health concern as the theme for World Health Day.
The theme for World Health Day 2016 is to beat diabetes and the goal is to scale up prevention, strengthen care, and enhance surveillance. A Rajan Kumar, Managing
Director of Novo Nordisk Pharma Private Limited, said diabetes emerged as an epidemic globally and in Bangladesh it is growing at a fastest rate.
The number of people with diabetes in Bangladesh stood at 7.1 million in 2015 putting it among top 10 countries in the world and it will hit 13.6 million by 2040 taking it to the 9th position globally, he said quoting the International Diabetes Federation. Some 415 million people living with diabetes in the world and it will hit 642 million by 2040. And very unfortunate that one out of two patients living with diabetes does not know that he or she has diabetes.
The WHO is focusing this year’s World Health Day on diabetes because the diabetes epidemic is rapidly increasing in many countries, with the documented increase most dramatic in low- and middle-income countries. A large proportion of diabetes cases are preventable, the WHO said. Simple lifestyle measures have been shown to be effective in preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes. Maintaining normal body weight, engaging in regular physical activity, and eating a healthy diet can reduce the risk of diabetes.
Bangladesh and countries across the world will observe the World Health Day 2016 on Thursday, the birthday of the World Health Organization, which falls on April 7.
Every year, the WHO selects a priority area of global public health concern as the theme for World Health Day.
The theme for World Health Day 2016 is to beat diabetes and the goal is to scale up prevention, strengthen care, and enhance surveillance. A Rajan Kumar, Managing
Director of Novo Nordisk Pharma Private Limited, said diabetes emerged as an epidemic globally and in Bangladesh it is growing at a fastest rate.
The number of people with diabetes in Bangladesh stood at 7.1 million in 2015 putting it among top 10 countries in the world and it will hit 13.6 million by 2040 taking it to the 9th position globally, he said quoting the International Diabetes Federation. Some 415 million people living with diabetes in the world and it will hit 642 million by 2040. And very unfortunate that one out of two patients living with diabetes does not know that he or she has diabetes.
The WHO is focusing this year’s World Health Day on diabetes because the diabetes epidemic is rapidly increasing in many countries, with the documented increase most dramatic in low- and middle-income countries. A large proportion of diabetes cases are preventable, the WHO said. Simple lifestyle measures have been shown to be effective in preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes. Maintaining normal body weight, engaging in regular physical activity, and eating a healthy diet can reduce the risk of diabetes.
