Global Report on Diabetes

Title
Global Report on Diabetes
Type
Report
Category
Diabetes
Produced by
World Health Organisation
Summary
Diabetes is a serious, chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin (a hormone that regulates blood sugar, or glucose), or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Diabetes is an important public health problem, one of four priority noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) targeted for action by world leaders. Both the number of cases and the prevalence of diabetes have been steadily increasing over the past few decades.
Date of publication
2016
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