World Diabetes Day 2021: 'Access to diabetes care: If not now, when?'

As per the World Health Organisation, around 422 million people worldwide have diabetes. Not only this but 1.5 million deaths are directly linked to diabetes each year. Even after consistent efforts, diabetes continues to be a major problem.

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Observed on 14th November each year, World Diabetes Day commemorates the birthday of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in 1922. The year marks 100 years since the discovery of a treatment that has saved millions of lives around the world; insulin.

World Diabetes Day is the world’s largest diabetes awareness campaign reaching a global audience of over 1 billion people in more than 160 countries. This year's theme is 'Access to diabetes care: If not now, when?'

Diabetes is a chronic disease where the pancreas don't produce enough insulin, if any at all. It also leads to serious health conditions and in many ways, can be preventable.

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