World Diabetes Day 2001: diabetes and cardiovascular disease

World Diabetes Day 2001: diabetes and cardiovascular disease [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04

Reducing the Burden: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease was the theme of World Diabetes Day this year, celebrated on 14 November, a date that has become central to the whole diabetes world. The date was chosen several years ago to commemorate the birth of Frederick Banting, the first who conceived the idea which lead to the discovery of insulin in 1921.

Issue:

Volume 46 | Issue 4 [2]

Author:

Pierson Anne [3]

Attachment:

article_204_en.pdf [4]

Keywords:

World Diabetes Day, WDD, CVD

Section:

Media and Events [5]

Theme:

Complications > Cardiovascular disease [6]

Events [7]

Awareness [8]

World Diabetes Day [9]