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1 in 10 adults across the world are now living with diabetes

A century of saving lives but tackling diabetes remains a global challenge

This World Diabetes Day, IDF is calling on national governments to provide the best possible care for people living with diabetes and develop policies to improve diabetes screening and type 2 diabetes prevention.

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To fully understand how far we’ve come requires an appreciation of where we started from

Insulin at 100: a century of life-saving developments

2021 marks the centenary of the discovery of insulin. Dr Richard Beaser describes the events that unfolded in Toronto in 1921 and some of the significant developments in diabetes care that have occurred since then.

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on diabetes

1 in 10 adults across the world are now living with diabetes

To fully understand how far we’ve come requires an appreciation of where we started from

IDF links

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Global perspectiveson diabetes

1 in 10 adults across the world are now living with diabetes

To fully understand how far we’ve come requires an appreciation of where we started from

IDF links

Global perspectives
on diabetes