Launching response to World Diabetes Day
(Baonghean) - On the morning of November 14, the Department of Health and the Provincial Diabetes Prevention Project Board held a launching ceremony to respond to World Diabetes Day with the theme "Control diabetes, now" to raise awareness and promote diabetes prevention activities in the community.
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| Overview of the ceremony |
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| Mr. Nguyen Van Hoan, Director of Endocrinology Hospital, reports on the activities of the Diabetes Prevention Project. |
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| Mr. Dau Huy Hoan - Deputy Director of the Department of Health launched the response to World Diabetes Day |
According to statistics from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in 2013, the world had 382 million people with type 2 diabetes and it is expected to increase by 55% in the next 2 decades; on average, this disease kills nearly 5 million people worldwide each year. This is truly a threat to human health, considered a pandemic of the 21st century. Research by the Vietnam Endocrine and Diabetes Association and Nghe An Endocrine Hospital shows that by 2013, in our country, the rate of diabetes was 5.7%. In Nghe An, over 6.5% of the population had diabetes. It is worth noting that up to 70% of diabetic patients were not detected and treated early, and treated actively; leading to low treatment effectiveness and the risk of serious complications such as blindness, kidney failure, cardiovascular complications, mental trauma, osteoporosis, etc.
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| Parade in response to World Diabetes Day |
In recent times, the Provincial Endocrinology Hospital has increased the activities of examining and screening for diabetes in the community (a total of over 4,300 people in 2014); implemented counseling activities for nearly 7,800 pre-diabetic subjects, from 2010 to 2014; in 2014 alone, more than 4,500 people were counseled about the disease; communication activities on disease prevention have also been promoted. At the ceremony, Mr. Dau Huy Hoan, Deputy Director of the Department of Health, launched a response to World Diabetes Day; called on the community to raise awareness and take positive actions to prevent and detect early signs of the disease to promptly prevent risks or dangerous complications; reducing many costly costs for families and society. After the launching ceremony, youth union members of the health sector marched throughout Vinh city to promote diabetes prevention.
News and photos:Dinh Nguyet
