World Diabetes Day, 2017

The University Clinical Center Tuzla, Department of Endocrinology has joined the global diabetes awareness campaign and marked World Diabetes Day on 14 November. The aim of the campaign is to address issues facing the global diabetes community, as well as to promote healthy diets and active lifestyles.
On the occasion, healthcare professionals from the Department of Endocrinology performed health screening for blood glucose, blood pressure and body mass index (BMI). During the campaign they also promoted healthy eating habits and diet through nutrition education.
In addition, health care professionals gave presentation that provided a useful tips and recommendations on how to deal with the diagnosis of diabetes and shared diabetes patient education handouts.
The theme of World Diabetes Day 2017 is “Women and diabetes- our right to a healthy future”. This year’s campaign promotes the importance of education and better access to care of women with diabetes to achieve optimal diabetes outcome and strengthen their capacity to prevent diabetes in whole family.
World Diabetes Day was launched in 1991 by the IDF and WHO in response to the rapid rise of diabetes around the world. The Day itself marks the birthday of Frederick Banting who along with Charles Best conceived the idea of insulin in 1922.