World Diabetes Day

1. WORLD DIABETES DAY-14th NOVEMBER 2019
THEME: FAMILYAND DIABETES
SEMINAR
ORGANISED BY :
“NURSING” DEPARTMENT
KOMAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Presented by:
PROF.VIJAYARADDI VANDALI
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING, KUST.

2. About NURSING in KOMAR UNIVERSITY…
• College of Nursing is an emerging department in KUST from 2019 with
a vision to provide world class nursing education, practice and
research in the Kurdistan region.
• Nursing is a nobel and independent profession.
• Nursing is a profession caring to mankind service is utmost priority
and job.

3. World Diabetes Day (WDD) 14th November
The theme for WDD 2018 and 2019 is the family and diabetes.
• WDD is the world’s largest diabetes awareness campaign
reaching a global audience of over 1 billion people in more
than 160 countries. The campaign draws attention to issues of
paramount importance to the diabetes world and keeps
diabetes firmly in the public and political spotlight.

4. Contd…
• World Diabetes Day (WDD) was created in 1991 by IDF and the World
Health Organization in response to growing concerns about the escalating
health threat posed by diabetes. World Diabetes Day became an official
United Nations Day in 2006 with the passage of United Nation Resolution
61/225. It is marked every year on 14 November, the birthday of Sir
Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin along with Charles Best in
1922.

5. Contd…
• The World Diabetes Day campaign aims to be the:
• Platform to promote IDF advocacy efforts throughout the year.
• Global driver to promote the importance of taking coordinated and
concerted actions to confront diabetes as a critical global health issue
• The campaign is represented by a blue circle logo that was adopted in
2007 after the passage of the UN Resolution on diabetes. The blue
circle is the global symbol for diabetes awareness. It signifies the unity
of the global diabetes community in response to the diabetes epidemic.

6. Epidemiology
• More than 23 million people in the United States have diabetes, yet almost one-third are
undiagnosed.
• By 2030, the number of cases is expected to increase more than 30 million.
• Diabetes is especially prevalent in the elderly; 50% of people older than 65 years old have
some degree of glucose intolerance.
• People who are 65 years and older account for 40% of people with diabetes.
• African-Americans and members of other racial and ethnic groups are more likely to
develop diabetes.
• In the United States, diabetes is the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations, blindness
in working-age adults, and end-stage renal disease.
• Diabetes is the third leading cause of death from disease.
• Costs related to diabetes are estimated to be almost $174 billion annually.

7. What is DIABETES?
• Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a metabolic disease that causes
high blood sugar. The hormone insulin moves sugar from the blood into your cells
to be stored or used for energy. With diabetes, your body either doesn’t make
enough insulin or can’t effectively use the insulin it does make.
• Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases that occurs with increased
levels of glucose in the blood.
• Diabetes mellitus most often results in defects in insulin secretion, insulin action,
or even both.

8. CLASSIFICATION OF DIABETES
• TYPE-I
• TYPE-II
• GESTATIONAL DIABETES

13. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TYPE I & II DIABETES

17. PREVENTION OF DIABETES…

20. REFERENCE
• www.worlddiabetesday.org.
• www.nursingscribed.com
• Healthline.com
• Nurseslab.com
• https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/7104-diabetes-
mellitus-an-overview