WORLD DIABETES DAY 2019

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        WORLD DIABETES DAY 2019

        THEME: Family and Diabetes

Welcome to World diabetes day activities for the year 2019 with the theme; Family and Diabetes. World diabetes day comes with different theme every year, November 14^th but this year happens to carry a theme that stands very strong and calls for deep reflections.

The realities of living with diabetes  usually comes as a big challenge to most families, in my work over the years with many families as a diabetes educator, I have come to appreciate how ignorance and public perception that living with diabetes  is a “Death sentence” which is not so, has affected many families across the African sub-region. The financial burden diabetes place on families especially low income earners cuts across all regions of Africa.

Families find it difficult to provide medicines especially insulin and accessories, food which is a necessity and access to good and quality Diabetes Education  remain a big challenge throughout
Africa and some Asian countries till date. The International Diabetes Federation over the years has been helping with advocacy, training of diabetes educators like Conversation Map Expert trainers amongst other interventions.

The family being the nucleus of society bears a huge brunt of Diabetes challenge, therefore concerted effort must be made to mitigate with appropriate health insurance covers, Government incentives like free glucose meters and other accessories to people living with Diabetes will go a long way in making life a bit easy for families with people living with diabetes.

Diabetes is a load only one person cannot carry, it require sharing, networking and support.

Isaac Akogu

Diabetes Conversation Map Expert Trainer,

Partner Diabetics Concepts, Nigeria.