21st July, “Blue-light action, 2010 China” officially launched in Beijing. As of the end of this year, the operation will focus on Diabetes Day theme of the United Nations to carry out public education and screening high-risk groups and many other activities. Plans a nationwide launch of 1 billion people in diabetes health education, screening for diabetes to 1 million people, to establish the community diabetes management unit 100 that further raise the level of diabetes control in China.
Professor Ji Linong, (Chairman, Diabetes Branch of Chinese Medical Association Director, Department of Endocrinology, Peking University People''s Hospital.) said, “Blue-light action, 2010 China” include, systematized insulin management of community doctors, standard treatment for diabetes and so on For patients, will be carried out on standard injection, community management units of insulin For the public, competition for diabetes knowledge, community diabetes screening for free.
International Diabetes Federation latest data, 2010 of 2.8 million people with diabetes, the number of deaths each year up to 3.8 million. Since 1991, the International Diabetes Federation and World Health Organization on November 14 of each year as the United Nations Diabetes Day, and logo of diabetes is blue circle. Because the annual Diabetes Day approaches, the London Eye, Eiffel Tower and more than 2,000 global landmarks are lit blue, "blue-light action" was named.
