In 1948 the World Health Organization held the first World Health Assembly to address health issues affecting people around the world. Each year the World Health Organization chooses a health topic that it wishes to draw global attention to and that is a subject of major importance.\u00a0 April 7th was chosen as World Health Day to honor the founding of the organization.
\nThis year the World Health Organization decided to focus on diabetes.\u00a0 The main goal is to increase awareness about the rise in diabetes and its staggering burden and consequences, particularly in low and middle \u2013 income countries. It also is designed to set in motion a set of specific effective and affordable actions to control diabetes.
\n\u2022\u00a0These actions include:
\n\u2022\u00a0Prevent diabetes
\n\u2022\u00a0Diagnose diabetes
\n\u2022\u00a0Treat and care for people who have diabetes
\nThe World Health Organization estimates that 350 million people in the world have diabetes and this number is expected to double in the next 20 years. In 2012 approximately 1.5 million worldwide people died from illness directly related to the disease.
\nDiabetes is a disease for which there is no cure but there are ways to treat it and keep it under control. Early diagnosis and management are key factors to successfully controlling the disease.
\nIf you have a family history of diabetes, you are at higher risk for developing the disease. If you would like to schedule an appointment with a physician at Jamaica Hospital to check you for the disease, please call 718-206-7001.<\/p>\n World health day\n
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