November
14
World
Diabetes Day
World
Diabetes Day raises global awareness of
diabetes - its escalating rates around the
world and how to prevent the illness in
most cases. Started by the International
Diabetes Federation (IDF) and WHO, the Day
is celebrated on 14 November to mark the
birthday of Frederick Banting who, along
with Charles Best, was instrumental in the
discovery of insulin in 1922, a life-saving
treatment for diabetes patients.
WHO
estimates that more than 220 million people
worldwide have diabetes. This number is
likely to more than double by 2030 without
intervention. Almost 80% of diabetes deaths
occur in low- and middle-income countries
World
Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated every year
on November 14. The World Diabetes Day campaign
is led by the International Diabetes Federation
(IDF) and its member associations. It engages
millions of people worldwide in diabetes
advocacy and awareness. World Diabetes Day
was created in 1991 by the International
Diabetes Federation and the World Health
Organization in response to growing concerns
about the escalating health threat that
diabetes now poses. World Diabetes Day became
an official United Nations Day in 2007 with
the passage of United Nation Resolution
61/225. The campaign draws attention to
issues of paramount importance to the diabetes
world and keeps diabetes firmly in the public
spotlight. This year sees the second of
a five-year campaign that will address the
growing need for diabetes education and
prevention programmes.
World
Diabetes Day is a campaign that features
a new theme chosen by the International
Diabetes Federation each year to address
issues facing the global diabetes community.
While the themed campaigns last the whole
year, the day itself is celebrated on November
14, to mark the birthday of Frederick Banting
who, along with Charles Best, first conceived
the idea which led to the discovery of insulin
in 1922.
Diabetes
Education and Prevention is the World Diabetes
Day theme for the period 2009-2013. The
campaign slogan for 2010 is 'Let's take
control of diabetes. Now.'
Where
is it celebrated?
World Diabetes Day is celebrated worldwide
by the over 200 member associations of the
International Diabetes Federation in more
than 160 countries and territories, all
Member States of the United Nations, as
well as by other associations and organizations,
companies, healthcare professionals and
people living with diabetes and their families.
How
is it marked?
The global diabetes community including
International Diabetes Federation member
associations, diabetes organizations, NGOs,
health departments, civil society, individuals
and companies develop an extensive range
of activities, tailored to a variety of
groups. Activities organized each year include:
Radio
and television programmes
Sports events
Free screenings for diabetes and its complications
Public information meetings
Poster and leaflet campaigns
Diabetes workshops and exhibitions
Press conferences
Newspaper and magazine articles
Events for children and adolescents
Monument lightings
Human blue circles
Walks
Runs
Cycle Race
Political Events
Is there a theme?
Each year World Diabetes Day is centred
on a theme related to diabetes. Topics covered
in the past have included diabetes and human
rights, diabetes and lifestyle, and the
costs of diabetes. Recent themes include:
2005:
Diabetes and Foot Care
2006: Diabetes in the Disadvantaged and
the Vulnerable
2007-2008: Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
2009-2013: Diabetes Education and Prevention
The
World Diabetes Day logo
The World Diabetes Day logo is the blue
circle - the global symbol for diabetes
which was developed as part of the Unite
for Diabetes awareness campaign. The logo
was adopted in 2007 to mark the passage
of the United Nations World Diabetes Day
Resolution. The significance of the blue
circle symbol is overwhelmingly positive.
Across cultures, the circle symbolizes life
and health. The colour blue reflects the
sky that unites all nations and is the colour
of the United Nations flag. The blue circle
signifies the unity of the global diabetes
community in response to the diabetes pandemic.
Events
1533
– Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership
of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca,
Inca empire
1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes
to be the source of the Nile
1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham
Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside's
plan to capture the Confederate capital
at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle
of Fredericksburg.
1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie
Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful
attempt to travel around the world in less
than 80 days. She completes the trip in
seventy-two days.
1910 – Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first
take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
He took off from a makeshift deck on the
USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
1916 – World War I: The Battle of the Somme
ends.
1918 – Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
1921 – The Communist Party of Spain is founded.
1922 – The BBC begins radio service in the
United Kingdom.
1940 – World War II: In England, the city
of Coventry is heavily bombed by German
Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is
almost completely destroyed.
1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier
HMS Ark Royal sinks due to torpedo damage
from the German submarine U-81 sustained
on November 13.
1941 – World War II: In Slonim, German forces
engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered
9000 Jews in a single day.
1952 – The first regular UK singles chart
published by the New Musical Express.
1957 – The Apalachin Meeting outside Binghamton,
New York is raided by law enforcement, and
many high level Mafia figures are arrested.
1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia
Drang begins – the first major engagement
between regular American and North Vietnamese
forces.
1967 – The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration
of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa
Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day
of the Colombian Woman".
1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman
is given a patent for his ruby laser systems,
the world's first laser.
1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo
12, the second crewed mission to the surface
of the Moon.
1970 – Soviet Union enters ICAO, making
Russian the fourth official language of
organization.
1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes
in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia,
killing 75, including members of the Marshall
University football team.
1971 – Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III
as Pope of Alexandria
1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne
marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster
Abbey.
1975 – Spain abandons Western Sahara.
1979 – Iran hostage crisis: US President
Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170,
freezing all Iranian assets in the United
States in response to the hostage crisis.
1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's
outlawed Solidarity movement, is released
after eleven months of internment near the
Soviet border.
1984 – Zamboanga City mayor Cesar Climaco,
a prominent critic of the government of
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, is
assassinated in his home city.
1990 – After German reunification, the Federal
Republic of Germany and the Republic of
Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse
line as the border between Germany and Poland.
1991 – American and British authorities
announce indictments against two Libyan
intelligence officials in connection with
the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
1991 – Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk
returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years
of exile.
1991 – In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United
States Postal Service employee goes on a
shooting rampage, killing four and wounding
five before committing suicide.
1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats
and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces
the federal government to temporarily close
national parks and museums and to run most
government offices with skeleton staffs.
2001 – War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern
Alliance fighters take over the capital
Kabul.
2002 – Argentina defaults on an $805 million
World Bank payment.
2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad
Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover
90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.
2007 – The last direct-current electrical
distribution system in the United States
is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.
Holidays
and observances
Children's
Day, celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal
Nehru. (India)
Christian Feast Day:
Barlaam of Kiev
Philip the Apostle (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Serapion of Algiers
November 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of the Colombian Woman (Colombia)
Equorum Probatio, the official cavalry parade
of the equites, is held. (Roman Empire)
World Diabetes Day (International)
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