World Diabetes Day: WHO SE Asia calls for urgent action as Region records 279 million cases

On the occasion of World Diabetes Day, the World Health Organisation's South-East Asia Region issued a renewed call for urgent and coordinated action to tackle the rising burden of diabetes, which now affects more than two hundred and seventy-nine million adults in the region, nearly one-third of the global total.   This year's theme -Diabetes across life stages'' emphasises the need for equitable and age-appropriate care from childhood to old age.   Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in...