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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2023
Diabetes patients at increased risk of death from Covid-19, warns UN chief

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14 November, 2020, 09:05 am
Last modified: 14 November, 2020, 12:05 pm

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Diabetes patients at increased risk of death from Covid-19, warns UN chief

World Diabetes Day today 

TBS report
14 November, 2020, 09:05 am
Last modified: 14 November, 2020, 12:05 pm
World Diabetes Day today. Photo/UN
World Diabetes Day today. Photo/UN

As the number of people with diabetes surges, many are at "increased risk of severe disease and death from Covid-19," United Nation secretary-general António Guterres said on Friday.

14 November of each year marks the celebration of World Diabetes Day. 

"Many efforts have been made to prevent and treat diabetes", but the disease continues to rise rapidly in low and middle income countries, those "least well-equipped with the diagnostics, medicines, and knowledge to provide life-saving treatment", said António Guterres, reports UN News. 

A gloomy picture

Globally, some 422 million adults are living with diabetes (latest figures from 2014), according to the World Health Organization (WHO), compared to around 108 million in 1980 -- rising from 4.7 to 8.5 percent in the adult population.

Diabetes is a major cause of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, stroke and lower limb amputation, and the Covid-19 pandemic has brought additional pain to those requiring regular care and treatment who struggle to access therapies for their condition. 

Hope Ahead 

A healthy diet, physical activity and not smoking can prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes, formerly called non-insulin-dependent or adult-onset diabetes, the UN said.

Moreover, the disease can be treated and its consequences avoided or delayed with medication, regular screening and treatment for complications. 

Next year, WHO is launching the Global Diabetes Compact, "a new initiative that will bring structure and coherence to our complementary efforts to reduce the burden of diabetes", informed Guterres. 

? 1 in 5 #COVID19 deaths in 14 countries in the @WHOAFRO region are linked to #diabetes, one of the conditions that increase the risk of severe illness and death among patients infected with the virus https://t.co/XVpyqPdAk1— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) November 13, 2020

"Let us work together to make sure that, through this ambitious and much-needed collaboration, we will soon be talking about the decline in diabetes as a public health problem".   

Hailing nurses 

The theme for World Diabetes Day 2020 is "The Nurse and Diabetes", which aims to raise awareness around the crucial role of these health care professionals in supporting people living with diabetes. 

Nurses, who currently account for over half of the global health workforce, also help people living with a wide range of health concerns.  

People living with diabetes face a number of challenges, and education is vital to equip nurses with the skills to support them. 

"As we strive to overcome the pandemic, let us do our utmost to ensure Universal Health Coverage, strengthen health systems and advance good health and resilience for all", the UN chief said.
 

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