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Global Diabetes Walk 2017
Since 2004, more than 3 million people have joined our effort to raise awareness and encourage more people to take steps to prevent this devastating disease. Join us today, as we take steps to prevent diabetes!
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Global Diabetes Walk 14th Nov 2017
World Diabetes Day 2017
The theme of World Diabetes Day 2017 is Women and diabetes - our right to a healthy future.
The campaign will promote the importance of affordable and equitable access for all women at risk for or living with diabetes to the essential diabetes medicines and technologies, self-management education and information they require to achieve optimal diabetes outcomes and strengthen their capacity to prevent type 2 diabetes.
IDF will release campaign materials from May through to September to help the diabetes and wider WDD stakeholder community to prepare for World Diabetes Day on 14 November.
Key messages
All women with diabetes require affordable and equitable access to care and education to better manage their diabetes and improve their health outcomes.
Supporting facts
There are currently over 199 million women living with diabetes. This total is projected to increase to 313 million by 2040.
Two out of every five women with diabetes are of reproductive age, accounting for over 60 million women worldwide.
Diabetes is the ninth leading cause of death in women globally, causing 2.1 million deaths per year.
Women with type 2 diabetes are almost 10 times more likely to have coronary heart disease than women without the condition.
Women with type 1 diabetes have an increased risk of early miscarriage or having a baby with malformations.
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