Countdown to World Diabetes Day

November 14 is World Diabetes Day! It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the alarming rise in diabetes around the world. In 2007, the United Nations marked the Day for the first time with the passage of the United Nations World Diabetes Day Resolution in December 2006, which made the existing World Diabetes Day an official United Nations World Health Day.

This year, the theme of World Diabetes Day is Education and Prevention.

Why we need to do more for World Diabetes Day in the USA?

Make World Diabetes Day Go Viral in the USA: 

  • Sign the pledge to make World Diabetes Day a success.
  • Sign up for the World Diabetes Day USA Newsletter (look to your right).
  • Follow us on Twitter and Retweet #WDDUSA (and #WDD09).
  • Email your friends about WDD.
  • Add a link http://wddusa.org in your email signature.
  • Print and distribute WDD educational postcards.
  • Put up WDD educational posters around your community.
  • Write a letter to the editor (sample letter)
  • Send a press release to your local press
  • Wear blue, use a blue light bulb, or light a blue candle on WDD.
  • Share a personal story about why WDD is important to you for our newsletter.

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