This year, World Health Day on April 7 was dedicated to raising awareness about diabetes. Globally, 422 million adults live with diabetes. In Australia, 1.2 million Australians live with diabetes. An estimated 500,000 Australians have silent, undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.

World Health Day 2016 aimed to raise awareness about the seriousness of diabetes.

World Health Day resources:

• The World Health Organization released a new report and updated statistics: Global Report on Diabetes
• Diabetes NSW created an info-video raising awareness of diabetes in Australia: Diabetes NSW World Health Day 2016
• Informative blog post on why language matters on Diabetogenic
• World Health Day promotional material, available to download and share on our World Health Day page.
• Diabetes Australia media release- 2015 another record year for diabetes