The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the Global Diabetes Compact (GDC) earlier this year.
The GDC is a global initiative targeted at improving diabetes prevention and care, and to contribute to the global targets to reduce premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one-third by 2030, are not meeting their targets.
They are crucial to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Full details of the Compact here:
https://www.who.int/initiatives/the-who-global-diabetes-compact
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