World Diabetes Day
Diabetes is known as a chronic metabolic disease, where blood glucose (or blood sugar) levels are higher than normal, which leads - over time - to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves if not controlled.
World Diabetes Day was established in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization. In response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat posed by diabetes, It became an official day in 2006 and is celebrated every year on November 14 in memory of Sir Frederick Banting, who co-discovered insulin with Charles Best in 1922.