Diabetes: The Scary Statistics

challenge is that most of them are without adequate healthcare and the awareness needed to stay healthy.

In 2007, the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted resolution 61/225 that set aside 14 November as World Diabetes Day to draw attention to this debilitating disease. For this year, the world body chose “Access to diabetes care”, as it was last year, and will be again in 2023, highlighting the importance of prevention and response efforts.

The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, in his message to mark the event this year, said Africa’s diabetes statistics illustrate the depth of the challenge: 24 million adults are currently living with diabetes, with that number predicted to swell by 129 per cent to 55 million by 2045. Last year, Diabetes mellitus took the lives of 416 000 people on the continent, and is forecast to become one of the leading causes of death in Africa by 2030.

We recall that at the 75th World Health Assembly in May this year, World Health Organisation Member States supported the creation of the first global targets for diabetes by 2030, as part of recommendations to strengthen and monitor diabetes responses within national Non communicable diseases programmes.

Similarly, at the 72nd WHO Regional Committee for Africa in August 2022, efforts to improve services to prevent and manage diabetes care, and achieve Universal Health Coverage, saw Ministers of Health from the continent adopt the PEN-Plus regional strategy. This is focused on integrating outpatient care for severe and chronic NCDs at first-referral level health facilities.It is estimated that among 537 million adults between 20 and 79 years, 1 in 10 are living with the disease.

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