The World Health Organisation (WHO) in a statement on Wednesday has raised an alarm over the skyrocketing number of diabetes cases worldwide.
The global health body noted that global diabetes cases have skyrocketed, exceeding 800 million adults, a four-fold increase since 1990, as revealed in a recent study published in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day.
The study conducted by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) with WHO’s support, underscores the alarming scope of the diabetes epidemic, emphasising the urgent need for intensified global efforts to tackle escalating disease rates and expanding treatment disparities, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
