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ACTIVITIES TO MANAGE DIABETES
The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to stimulate and support the
adoption of effective measures for the surveillance, prevention and
control of diabetes and its complications, particularly in low and
middle-income countries. WHO:
Provides scientific guidelines for
diabetes prevention;
Develops norms and standards for diabetes
care;
Builds awareness on the global epidemic
of diabetes; including partnership with the International Diabetes
Federation in the celebration of World Diabetes Day (14 November);
Conducts surveillance of diabetes and its
risk factors.
The World Health Organization (WHO)
Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health complements WHO's
diabetes work by focusing on population-wide approaches to promote
healthy diet and regular physical activity, thereby reducing the
growing global problem of overweight and obesity.
The Strategy calls upon all stakeholders to take action at the global,
regional and local levels and aims to lead to a significant reduction
in the prevalence of diabetes and other chronic diseases.
WHO's work on diabetes is integrated into the overall WHO chronic
disease prevention and control framework of the Department of Chronic
Diseases and Health Promotion.
The strategic objectives of the Department are to raise awareness
about:
the global epidemic of chronic diseases;
create healthy environments, especially
for poor and disadvantaged populations;
slow and reverse trends in common chronic
disease risk factors such as unhealthy diet and physical inactivity;
and
Prevent premature deaths and avoidable
disability due to major chronic diseases.
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